2002 No. 257

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) (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 39 of the Drug Trafficking Act 19941, 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 Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 18th March 2002.

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This Order extends to England and Wales only.

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There shall be inserted in Schedule 1 to the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 19962 (designation of countries and territories for the purposes of sections 39 and 40 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994), at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order.

A. K. GallowayClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Designated country

Appropriate authority

Albania

Djibouti

Estonia

Kuwait

Lithuania

The Maldives

Mauritius

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds the countries listed in the Schedule to this Order to the list of designated countries and territories in Schedule 1 to the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1996.