http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/441/article/2The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2009International organisationsLegislationenCRIMINAL LAWStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2023-04-06
Part 1 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) provides statutory powers pursuant to which the United Kingdom can both seek and provide various forms of mutual legal assistance concerning criminal matters. Some of those statutory powers can, however, only be exercised where the country in question is a “participating country” as defined in section 51(2) of the 2003 Act. Where a country is a Member State of the European Union on the date on which a provision of Part 1 of the 2003 Act is commenced, that country will, by virtue of section 51(2)(a), fall to be regarded as a participating country in respect of the commenced provision. Where a country is not a Member State on the date on which a provision is commenced, that country must be designated as a participating country in relation to that commenced provision by an Order made under section 51(2)(b).
The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2009
Designation of participating countries2Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ... Israel, Montenegro, Serbia ... and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are designated as participating countries in relation to the following provisions of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003—asection 31 (hearing witnesses in the UK by telephone);bsection 47 (transfer of UK prisoner to assist investigation abroad);csection 48 (transfer of EU etc. prisoner to assist UK investigation); anddparagraph 15 of Schedule 2 (evidence given by television link or telephone).Section 48 was amended by paragraph 52 of Schedule 26 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c.4).Word in art. 2 omitted (6.4.2023) by virtue of The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) Order 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/119), arts. 1, 4(2)Art. 2 comes into force in accordance with art. 1Word in art. 2 omitted (31.7.2017) by virtue of The Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/730), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 13(a) (with reg. 3)