Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

4 (1) Section 9 (restrictions on service of order) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2), after “the Secretary of State” insert “or a prescribed person”.

(3) In subsection (3), after “the Lord Advocate” insert “or a prescribed person”.

(4) In subsection (4)—

(a) for “The Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Lord Advocate” substitute “A person”, and

(b) for “the Secretary of State or the Lord Advocate” substitute “that person”.

(5) After subsection (4) insert—

“(5) In this section “prescribed person”—

(a) in relation to an overseas production order made in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, means a person prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

(b) in relation to an overseas production order made in Scotland, means a person prescribed by regulations made by the Lord Advocate.”