(1) This section applies if the Director is carrying out a confiscation investigation.
(2) A judge on the application of the Director or a person subject to the investigation may issue a letter of request if he thinks that there is evidence in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom -
(a) that such a person has benefited from his criminal conduct, or
(b) of the extent or whereabouts of that person's benefit from his criminal conduct.
(3) The Director may issue a letter of request if he thinks that there is evidence in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom -
(a) that a person subject to the investigation has benefited from his criminal conduct, or
(b) of the extent or whereabouts of that person's benefit from his criminal conduct.
(4) A letter of request is a letter requesting assistance in obtaining outside the United Kingdom such evidence as is specified in the letter for use in the investigation.
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(6) The person issuing a letter of request may