The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/956
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 17th April 2001.

(2) In this Order “the 1996 Order ” means the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1996 .

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

Section 2

Schedule 1 to the 1996 Order (countries and territories designated for the purposes of sections 39 and 40 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994) shall be amended as follows—

(a) 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 a country or territory);

(b) by the insertion, opposite the entry for Ireland, of the following entry— “The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform”; and

(c) by the insertion, opposite the entry for Portugal, of the following entry— “The Ministry of Justice”.

Section 3

The Appendix to the 1996 Order, which describes when proceedings are instituted in a designated country, shall be amended by the insertion, after the entry for Thailand, of the following—

(a) when an information or complaint is laid before the magistrate;

(b) when a person is charged with an offence;

(c) when a bill of indictment is preferred;

(d) when a warrant of arrest is executed against a person