The Proceeds of Crime (Countries and Territories designated under the Criminal Justice Act 1988) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime (Countries and Territories designated under the Criminal Justice Act 1988) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 27th April 1998.

(2) In this Order—

“the Order” means the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;

“designated country” means a country or territory designated by an Order in Council under section 96 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988(1) and specified in the first column of Schedule 1;

“appropriate authority of a designated country” means—

(a)

the authority specified opposite that country in Schedule 1; or

(b)

where no authority is so specified, the authority appearing to the court to be the appropriate authority of that country for the purposes of this Order;

“a court of a designated country” includes a court of any state or territory of a designated country.

(1)

1988 c. 33; section 96 was amended by section 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36)