18. New sections 14A, 14B and 14C in Act of 1996.
The Act of 1996 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following sections after section 14:
"14A. Order to make material available.
(1) For the purposes of an investigation into whether a person has benefited from assets or proceeds deriving from criminal conduct or is in receipt of or controls such assets or proceeds a bureau officer who is a member of the Garda Síochána may apply to a judge of the District Court for an order under this section in relation to making available any particular material or material of a particular description.
(2) On such an application the judge, if satisfied -
(a) that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person has benefited from such assets or proceeds or is in receipt of or controls such assets or proceeds, and
(b) that the material concerned is required for the purposes of such an investigation,
may order that any person who appears to him or her to be in possession of the material shall -
(i) produce the material to the member so that he or she may take it away, or
(ii) give the member access to it within a period to be specified in the order.
(3) The period to be so specified shall be one week, unless it appears to the judge that another period would be appropriate in the particular circumstances of the case.