2002 No. 255

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND

The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Amendment) Order 2002

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of February 2002

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 9 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 19901, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 18th March 2002.

2

In this Order “the principal Orders” means—

a

(in relation to England and Wales) the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) Order 19912; and

b

(in relation to Northern Ireland) the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Northern Ireland) Order 19913.

2

There shall be inserted in Schedule 2 to each of the principal Orders (designation of countries and territories for drug trafficking offences), at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, the entries for those countries and territories specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.

3

There shall be inserted in Schedule 3 to each of the principal Orders (designation of countries and territories for other offences), at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, the entries for those countries and territories specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

A. K. GallowayClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2

Designated country

Appropriate authority

Albania

Bhutan

Djibouti

Estonia

Kuwait

Lithuania

The Maldives

Mauritius

SCHEDULE 2

Article 3

Designated country or territory

Appropriate authority

The Bailiwick of Guernsey

Her Majesty’s Attorney General for the Bailiwick of Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Jersey

Her Majesty’s Attorney General for the Bailiwick of Jersey

Liechtenstein

Russia

Slovakia

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1463) and the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Enforcement of Overseas Forfeiture Orders) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1464) (“the 1991 Orders”). It adds the countries, listed in Schedule 1 to this Order, to the list, in Schedule 2 to the 1991 Orders, of countries and territories designated for drug trafficking offences.

This Order also adds the countries listed in Schedule 2 to this Order to the list, in Schedule 3 to the 1991 Orders, of countries and territories designated for other offences.