The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1990

7.  In section 9—

(a) for subsection (1)(a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following:

“(a) where a fixed amount is payable under an external confiscation order, of an amount not exceeding the amount so payable, and

(b) in any other case, of an amount equal to the value from time to time of the property charged.”;

(b) in subsection (3)(a) for the words “the prosecutor” there shall be substituted the words “or on behalf of the government of a designated country or, in a case where an external confiscation order has been registered under section 26A of this Act, by a receiver appointed under section 11 of this Act, a Crown Prosecutor, or a person authorised in that behalf by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise”, and for paragraph (c) of that subsection, there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“(c) notwithstanding anything in Order 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court, shall provide for service on, or the provision of notice to persons affected by the order in such manner as the High Court may direct”; and

(c) in subsection (7) for the words “for the offence” there shall be substituted the words “against the defendant in the designated country”.