If you apply to renew a preservation direction, the Commissioner must give you an updated version. This updated version says the direction is renewed. It also says how long the direction stays in force.

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88K: Period for which preservation direction continues in force, or

"How long a preservation direction lasts"

88M: Preservation direction to continue: request for assistance by production order, or

"Keeping documents safe during an investigation: asking for help to get them"

Part 3APreservation directions relating to foreign investigations or proceedings
Renewal of preservation directions

88LUpdated version of preservation direction must be issued

If the Commissioner grants the application for renewal, the Commissioner must issue an updated version of the preservation direction that—
states that it is renewed; and
specifies the period for which the direction remains in force.

Notes

Section 88L: inserted, on 1 October 2025, by section 20 of the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 39).