The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1991

1.  –

(1) This Order may be cited as the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the1st July 1991.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 and “the principal Order” means the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1990(1).

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 sections 26 and 26A of the Act, and of the other provisions of the Act as applied under article 3(2) 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 sections 26 and 26A of the Act, and of the other provisions of the Act as applied by article 3(2) of this Order shall be sufficient evidence of that fact.”.

4.  Schedule 1 to the principal Order shall be amended by inserting in alphabetical order the entries for those countries and territories specified in the Schedule to this Order.

5.  –

(1) In paragraph 11(a) of Schedule 2 to the principal Order for “(3)” there shall be substituted “(4)”.

(2) In paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 3 to the principal Order for “(3)” there shall be substituted “(4)”.

6.  The Appendix set out at the end of Schedule 3 to the principal Order (which defines the institution of proceedings for the purposes of section 38(11) of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 as modified by Schedule 2 to the principal Order) shall be amended as follows:

(a) after the entry relating to the Bahamas, there shall be inserted the following–

“Bahrain	when a bill of indictment is lodged in court against any person for an offence
Barbados	(a) when an information has been laid before a magistrate; (b) when a person is charged with an offence; (c) when a bill of indictment is preferred”;

(b) after the entry relating to Bermuda, there shall be inserted the following–

“the Cayman Islands

(a) when a charge has been signed under subsection (3) or (4) of section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Code in respect of the offence; (b) when a person is charged with the offence after being arrested without a warrant under subsection (5) of that section”;

(c) after the entry relating to Guernsey, there shall be inserted the following–

“Hong Kong

(a) when a magistrate issues a warrant or summons; (b) when a person is charged with an offence; (c) when an indictment is preferred”;

(d) in the entry relating to the Isle of Man, for the words “section 13 of the Petty Sessions and Summary Jurisdiction Act 1927” there shall be substituted the words “section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1989”;

(e) after the entry relating to the Isle of Man, there shall be inserted the following–

“Italy

(a) when a person is notified, in accordance with article 369 of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure, that a prosecution against him is in progress; (b) when a proposal for the application of a preventative measure “misura di prevenzione”) is laid before a court”; and

(f) after the entry relating to Malaysia, there shall be inserted the following–

“Montserrat	(a) when a judge issues a summons or warrant in respect of an offence; (b) when a person is charged with an offence after being taken into custody without a warrant
Saudi Arabia	when an information has been laid before a judicial authority”.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council