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The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1996

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This Order, which comes into force on 1st January 1997, amends the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1991 (“the 1991 Order”).

Article 2 of the Order amends article 5(1)(e) of the 1991 Order. The effect of this amendment is that a certificate issued by or on behalf of an appropriate authority of a designated country, which states that an order to be made by a court in that country will be for the purposes stated in article 5(1)(e)(i) or (ii), shall, in proceedings in the High Court, be admissible as evidence of the facts stated.

Article 3 adds Ukraine to the list of countries and territories to which the 1991 Order applies.

Article 4 provides that Schedule 2 to the 1991 Order shall be amended as provided for in Schedule 2 to this Order. These amendments are necessary as a consequence of amendments made to Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 by the Proceeds of Crime Act 1995 (c. 11). Article 5 further provides that like amendments shall be made to Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 as modified which is set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Order.

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