3.—(1) Article 2 of the principal Order shall be amended as follows–
(a)in the definition of “appropriate authority of a designated country” there shall be inserted after the words “Schedule 2” the words “or, as the case may be, Schedule 3”;
(b)following the definition of “drug trafficking offence” in that paragraph there shall be inserted the words ““offence to which this Order applies” means a drug trafficking offence or any offence corresponding or similar to an indictable offence to which Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies;”;
(c)in paragraph (5), there shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (a) the following–
“(aa)where no steps have been specified in relation thereto as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above, the defendant has been notified in writing in accordance with the laws of the designated country that the competent authorities of that country have begun proceedings against him in respect of an offence; or”;
and for the words “drug trafficking offence” in sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted “offence to which this Order applies”.
(2) In relation to the Northern Ireland Order, paragraph (1)(b) above shall have effect as if for the words “Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies” there were substituted the words “the Criminal Justice (Confiscation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 applies, other than a drug trafficking offence”.