The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2873) (“the principal Order”) which provides that, subject to certain modifications, Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies to an order made by a court in a designated country or territory for the purpose of recovery of property obtained as a result of or in connection with conduct corresponding to an offence to which Part VI of the Act applies, recovering the value of property so obtained or depriving a person of a pecuniary advantage so obtained.

Article 2 of this Order and the Schedule add to the list of countries to which the principal Order applies. Article 3 amends the Appendix set out at the end of paragraph 21(i) of Schedule 2 to the principal Order so that the point of institution of proceedings for Australia is included and that for the Isle of Man is revised. Article 4 makes the like amendments to article 3 in respect of the Appendix to section 102 of the 1988 Act set out in Schedule 3 to the principal Order.