Part 1

Mutual assistance in criminal matters
Chapter 2

Mutual provision of evidence

Assisting overseas authorities to obtain evidence in the UK

Requests for assistance from overseas authorities
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1
Where a request for assistance in obtaining evidence in a part of the United Kingdom is received by the territorial authority for that part, the authority may—
a
if the conditions in section 14 are met, arrange for the evidence to be obtained under section 15, or
b
direct that a search warrant be applied for under or by virtue of section 16 or 17 or, in relation to evidence in Scotland, 18.
2
The request for assistance may be made only by—
a
a court exercising criminal jurisdiction, or a prosecuting authority, in a country outside the United Kingdom,
b
any other authority in such a country which appears to the territorial authority to have the function of making such requests for assistance,
c
any international authority mentioned in subsection (3).
3
The international authorities are—
a
the International Criminal Police Organisation,
b
any other body or person competent to make a request of the kind to which this section applies under any provisions adopted under the Treaty on European Union.