Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 63A-63E and preceding cross-heading inserted (26.4.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), s. 52; S.I. 2004/786, art. 3
(1)Proceedings for an offence which (disregarding the Acts listed in subsection (2)) would not be an offence apart from section 63B, 63C or 63D are not to be started—
(a)in England and Wales, except by or with the consent of the Attorney General,
(b)in Northern Ireland, except by or with the consent of the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.
(2)These are the Acts—
(a)the Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978,
(b)the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978,
(c)the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983,
(d)the United Nations Personnel Act 1997.
(3)For the purposes of sections 63C and 63D it is immaterial whether a person knows that another person is a United Kingdom national, a United Kingdom resident or a protected person.
(4)In relation to any time before the coming into force of section 27(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, the reference in subsection (1)(b) to the Advocate General for Northern Ireland is to be read as a reference to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.]