The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/278
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 18th March 1996.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.

(3) In this Order “ the Act ” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and “the principal Order ” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1991 .

Section 2

There shall be inserted in Schedule 1 to the principal Order, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, the entries for those countries specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 3

The Appendix set out at the end of paragraph 21(f) of Schedule 2 to the principal Order (institution of proceedings) shall be amended as follows—

(a) after the entry for Netherlands, there shall be inserted the following entry—

(a) when the start of a penal pursuit is ordered;

(b) when penal proceedings start in respect of an offender.

(b) after the entry for Switzerland, there shall be inserted the following entries—

(c) the like amendments to those in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall be made to the Appendix to section 102 of the Act as set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Order.