(1) Where an order has been made under this paragraph in relation to a terrorist investigation, a constable or counter-terrorism financial investigator named in the order may require a financial institution to which the order applies to provide customer information for the purposes of the investigation.
(1A) The order may provide that it applies to -
(a) all financial institutions,
(b) a particular description, or particular descriptions, of financial institutions, or
(c) a particular financial institution or particular financial institutions.
(2) The information shall be provided -
(a) in such manner and within such time as the constable or counter-terrorism financial investigator may specify, and
(b) notwithstanding any restriction on the disclosure of information imposed by statute or otherwise.
(3) An institution which fails to comply with a requirement under this paragraph shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) It is a defence for an institution charged with an o
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