PART 18 U.K.Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

CHAPTER 3 U.K.Amendment of primary legislation consequential upon amendments made by this Part

Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 U.K.

75.—(1) The Criminal Justice Act 1987 M1 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 2 (Director's investigation powers) M2 —

(a) in subsection (1A), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the Secretary of State acting under section 15(2) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, in response to a request received from a person mentioned in section 13(2) of that Act (an “overseas authority”).”;

(b) in subsection (18), omit the definition of “overseas authority”.

(3) In section 3(6) (disclosure of information) M3 , in paragraph (n), for “the Treaty on European Union or any other” substitute “ a ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 75 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 1987 c. 38.

M2 Section 2(1A) was inserted by section 164(2)(c) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) and amended by S.I. 2017/730. Section 2(18) was amended by S.I. 2017/730.There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.

M3 Section 3(6) was amended by section 80(b) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32). There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.