Commentary on Sections Schedule 18: Proceeds of crime: Civil recovery of the proceeds etc of unlawful conduct Section 49: Investigation
595.Section 49 introduces Schedule 19 which makes provisions about orders and warrants, including provision for obtaining evidence overseas, in connection with civil recovery investigations under Part 8 (investigations) of the POCA.
596.Part 8 of the POCA has five types of investigation orders: production orders require a person to either produce or allow access to material; search and seizure warrants provide the power to enter premises to seize and retain material; disclosure orders authorise the investigator to require a person to answer questions, provide information and/or produce documents; customer information orders authorise the investigator to request certain details of clients’ names, dates of birth and addresses, account numbers, dates that accounts were held and similar information; and account monitoring orders authorise the monitoring of account transactions in a specific account over a certain period.