Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1994
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1994/1639 |
| Year | 1994 |
1994 No. 1639
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1994
Made 22th June 1994
Laid before Parliament 4th July 1994
Coming into force 1st August 1994
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of June 1994
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 96 of the Criminal Justice Act 19881, 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 Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st August 1994.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.
(3) In this Order “the Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and “the principal Order” means the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 19912.
2. In article 2 of the principal Order for the definition of “appropriate authority of a designated country” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““appropriate authority of a designated country” means—
(a) the authority specified opposite that country in Schedule 1 to this Order, or
(b) where no authority is so specified, the authority appearing to the court to be the appropriate authority of that country for the purposes of this Order;”.
3. After article 5 of the principal Order there shall be inserted the following article:
“Certificate as to appropriate authority of a designated country
5A. Where in relation to any designated country no authority is specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, a certificate made by the Secretary of State to the effect that the authority specified therein is the appropriate authority for the purposes of this Order shall be sufficient evidence of that fact.”.
4. There shall be inserted in Schedule 1 to the principal Order, after the entry for Switzerland, the entry for the United States of America (including the appropriate authority) specified in the Schedule to this Order.
5. There shall be inserted...
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