The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Amendment) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1317
• Sections: 6

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997.

(2) In this Order “the principal Order ” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) Order 1991 ; and

(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 .

Section 2

Article 2(1) of the England and Wales Order shall be amended, in the definition of “drug trafficking offence”, by the substitution of the following in place of sub-paragraphs (d) and (e)—

(d) an offence under section 12 or 19 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990;

(e) an offence under section 49, 50 or 51 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 ;

Section 3

Article 2(1) of the Northern Ireland Order shall be amended as follows—

(a) in the definition of “drug trafficking”, for sub-paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following—

(d) an offence under Article 45, 46 or 47 of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 in connection with the proceeds of drug trafficking;

(b) for the definition of “offence to which this Order applies” there shall be substituted the following—

“offence to which this Order applies” means a drug trafficking offence or any offence corresponding or similar to an indictable offence to which the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 applies, other than a drug trafficking offence;

Section 4

Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which defines the institution of proceedings for the purposes of article 2(5) of that Order) shall be amended as follows—

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

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

Section 5

Schedule 2 to the principal Order shall be amended as follows—

(a) below “Iran” there shall be inserted “Ireland”;

(b) opposite the entry for Antigua & Barbuda there shall be inserted “The Attorney General”;

(c) the entry opposite Colombia shall be deleted and replaced by “The Fiscalia General de la Nacion and the Ministerio de Justicia del Derecho”.

Section 6

Schedule 3 to the principal Order shall be amended by the insertion at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, of the entries for the countries and territories specified in the Schedule to this Order (including where so specified the appropriate authority for the country or territory).