The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1199) which provides that, subject to certain modifications, the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 applies to an order made by a court in a designated country or territory for the purpose of recovering payments or other rewards received in connection with drug trafficking or their value, and to proceedings which have been or are to be instituted in a designated country or territory and may result in such an order being made there.

Article 4 of this Order amends the list of designated countries in the 1990 Order to include those countries and territories to which the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, signed in Vienna on20th December 1988, applies. In addition Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Montserrat and Saudi Arabia are thereby designated. Where at the time of making of this Order no appropriate authority has been nominated by a designated country, article 2 provides for the court to determine the appropriate authority, and Article 3 enables evidence as to the appropriate authority to be given by means of a certificate made by the Secretary of State. Article 6(a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) of this Order make consequential, and articles 5 and 6(d) minor, amendments to the 1990 Order. By virtue of article 1(1), this Ordercomes into force on 1st July 1991.