(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Part I of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to add certain offences to the offences listed there in respect of which magistrates' courts may make confiscation orders under Part VI of that Act. The added offences are offences under sections 107 and 198 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and section 92 of the Trade Marks Act 1994. By virtue of article 4, a magistrates' court may only make a confiscation order in relation to the offences listed in article 2 where those offences are committed on or after the day on which this Order enters into force.