Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Crime (International Co operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) Order 2008 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Designation of participating country
2. The United States of America is hereby designated as a participating country for the purposes of sections 37 (customer information), 40 (account information), 43 (information about a person’s bank account), 44 (monitoring banking transactions) and 45 (sending requests for assistance) of the Crime (International Co operation) Act 2003.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
24th June 2008