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Account monitoring order definition

What does Account monitoring order mean? An account monitoring order is a court order requiring a bank or other financial institution to give investigators ongoing information about transactions on a named account for a defined period. It is used in proceeds of crime, money laundering and terrorist financing investigations to obtain up-to-date credits, debits and related identifiers, without freezing the funds. In England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland the order is created by statute (including the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and terrorism legislation) and is granted by the Crown Court (England & Wales and Northern Ireland) or the sheriff (Scotland) on application by an authorised...

Account Monitoring Orders (POCA 2002): Application Procedure, Judicial Tests, Operation, Variation and Enforcement (England and Wales)

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Practice notes

Account monitoring orders

An account monitoring order permits an investigator to track the ACTivity of a specified account maintained with a financial institution for up to 90 days after the date on which the order is granted. A financial institution means a person carrying on business within the regulated sector.

Account monitoring orders are available for use in the following categories of investigation:

confiscation investigations
civil recovery investigations
exploitation proceeds investigations
money laundering investigations

They are not available for the following types of investigation:

detained cash investigations
detained property investigations
frozen funds investigations

The application

Applications for account monitoring orders must be made in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, SI 2025/909 (CrimPR 2025), Pt 47. Regard must also be had to the Criminal Practice Directions 2023 (Crim PD), in particular Crim PD 11 (Investigation Orders). For information on the general procedure for obtaining investigation orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002), including account monitoring orders, see Practice Note: POCA Investigation Orders—criminal investigations procedure. Applications should be submitted using the form available here. The application for an account monitoring order must be made by an appropriate officer...

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