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Part 11Co-operation

444External requests and orders

(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council—

(a)make provision for a prohibition on dealing with property which is the subject of an external request;

(b)make provision for the realisation of property for the purpose of giving effect to an external order.

(2)An Order under this section may include provision which (subject to any specified modifications) corresponds to any provision of Part 2, 3 or 4 or Part 5 except Chapter 3.

(3)An Order under this section may include—

(a)provision about the functions of the Secretary of State, the Lord Advocate, the Scottish Ministers and the Director in relation to external requests and orders;

(b)provision about the registration of external orders;

(c)provision about the authentication of any judgment or order of an overseas court, and of any other document connected with such a judgment or order or any proceedings relating to it;

(d)provision about evidence (including evidence required to establish whether proceedings have been started or are likely to be started in an overseas court);

(e)provision to secure that any person affected by the implementation of an external request or the enforcement of an external order has an opportunity to make representations to a court in the part of the United Kingdom where the request is being implemented or the order is being enforced.