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

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that, subject to certain modifications, the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 applies to an order made by a court in a designated country or territory for the purpose of recovering payments or other rewards received in connection with drug trafficking or their value, and to proceedings which have been or are to be instituted in a designated country or territory and may result in such an order being made there. It also provides, in Article 7 , that the value of any property recovered in a designated country or territory in response to a request by the government of the United Kingdom for assistance in the enforcement of an order is to be treated as reducing the amount payable in England and Wales under a confiscation order made by the Crown Court.

Article 3 of the Order designates the countries and territories listed in Schedule 1 for the purposes of enforcement of confiscation orders, and applies the provisions of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986, with modifications, to confiscation orders of courts in those countries and territories and proceedings which may lead to such an order being made. The modifications to the Act are set out in Schedule 2 to the Order, and Schedule 3 sets out in full that Act as so modified.

Article 9 revokes the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (United States of America) Order 1989; the United States of America is designated anew under this Order.