The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Amendment) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/957
• 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) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 17th April 2001.

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

(a) in relation to England and Wales, the Criminial 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 indicates the point at which proceedings are instituted for the purposes of article 2(5) of that Order) 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".

Section 3

Schedule 2 to the principal Order (designation of countries and territories for drug trafficking offences) shall be amended as follows—

(a) 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 (including, in the case of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the appropriate authority for that 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 4

Schedule 3 to the principal Order (designation of countries and territories for other offences) shall be amended as follows—

(a) 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); and

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