The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2008
Section 32 of the 2003 Act confers on the Secretary of State discretion to direct a senior police or senior customs officer to apply for, or to arrange respectively for a constable or a customs officer to apply for a customer information order when a request for such information is received from a participating country. A customer information order is an order made by a judge which requires a financial institution to provide such customer information as is specified in the order in relation to the person in respect of whom the order is made.