The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/2976
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countrries and Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st February 1998.

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

(3) In this Order “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(i) of Schedule 2 to the principal Order (institution of proceedings) shall be amended as follows—

(a) after the entry for Antigua and Barbuda, there shall be inserted the following entry—

(b) the entry relating to the Isle of Man shall be deleted and replaced by the following—

(a) where a justice of the peace issues a summons under section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1989, when the complaint in relation to the offence is made to him;

(b) where a justice of the peace issues a warrant for the arrest of any person under that section, when the complaint in relation to the offence is made to him;

(c) where a person is charged with the offence after being taken into custody without a warrant, when he is taken into custody;

(d) where an information is preferred by the Attorney General in a case where there have been no committal proceedings, when the information is lodged in the General Registry in accordance with section 4(1) of the Criminal Code Amendment Act 1917

Section 4

A like amendment to that in article 3 above shall be made to the Appendix to section 102 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 as set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Order.