The Confiscation of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking (Designated Countries and Territories) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1992

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Confiscation of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking (Designated Countries and Territories) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1992 and shall come into force on 20th July 1992.

(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Confiscation of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking (Designated Countries and Territories) (Scotland) Order 1991(1).

2.  Schedule 1 to the principal Order shall be amended by inserting, in the appropriate alphabetical position, the entries for those countries and territories specified in the Schedule to this Order.

3.  The Appendix set out at the end of Schedule 3 to the principal Order (which defines when proceedings are instituted for the purposes of section 47(5)(a)(i) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 as modified by article 3(2) and Schedule 2 to the principal Order) shall be amended as follows:—

(a) after the entry relating to Anguilla, there shall be inserted the following:—

“Argentina

when a judge has ordered that aperson be detained for the purpose of testifying in connection with the commission of an offence”;

(b) after the entry relating to the Cayman Islands, there shall be inserted the following:—

“Germany

when a person is notified that he is accused of an offence and will be brought before a court”;

(c) after the following relating to Guernsey, there shall be inserted the following:—

“Guyana

when a charge has been laid against a person for an offence”; and

(d) after the entry relating to the United States of America, there shall be inserted the following:—

“Uruguay

when criminal proceedings are instituted by a judicial authority”;

G.I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council