Part II DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENCES

Enforcement

E121 Enforcement of certain orders.

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In section 9 of the M1Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (enforcement of overseas forfeiture orders), in subsection (1)(b), the words “ or intended for use ” shall be inserted after “used”.

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The same subsection as is inserted in section 24A of the Act of 1986 by subsection (2) shall be inserted in—

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section 29 of the M2Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (but in substitution for subsection (4));

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section 30 of the Act of 1987 (but in substitution for subsection (5));

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section 9 of the M3Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (but in substitution for subsection (5)).

22 Enforcement of Northern Ireland orders: drug trafficking.

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In section 29 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (enforcement of Northern Ireland orders), the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (3)—

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An Order in Council under this section may, in particular, provide for section 18 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (enforcement of United Kingdom judgments in other parts of the United Kingdom) not to apply in relation to such orders as may be prescribed by the Order.

23 Transfer of certain enforcement powers to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

1

The functions of the Secretary of State under section 20 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (enforcement powers in relation to ships) are transferred to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

2

The following consequential amendments shall be made in the Act of 1990—

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in section 20, for “Secretary of State”, “he” and “his”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted, respectively, “ Commissioners of Customs and Excise ”, “ they ” and “ their ”;

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in section 21(3), for “ Secretary of State”, where first occurring, there shall be substituted “ Commissioners of Customs and Excise ”; and

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in paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3, for “Secretary of State” there shall be substituted “ Commissioners of Customs and Excise ”.

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The transfer of functions effected by this section shall not affect the validity of any action taken or begun under section 20 of the Act of 1990 before the coming into force of this section.