The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/2977
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st February 1998.

(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

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 by substituting for the entry for “Australia”the following:

Australia when an information or a complaint has been laid before a justice of the peace or a magistrate, or a person has been charged with an offence, or an indictment or a presentment has been preferred.

Section 3

Schedule 2 to the principal Order shall be amended by the insertion, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, of the entries for those countries and territories specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.

Section 4

Schedule 3 to the principal Order shall be amended by the insertion, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, of the entries for those countries and territories specified in Schedule 2 to this Order (including where so specified the appropriate authority for a country or territory).