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PART 2ENFORCEMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES OF SCOTTISH AND NORTHERN IRELAND ORDERS AND WARRANTS

Northern Ireland disclosure orders

7.—(1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply where the Director gives a notice under a Northern Ireland disclosure order which requires a person in England and Wales to—

(a)answer questions in England and Wales; or

(b)provide information or produce documents in England and Wales.

(2) Proceedings for an offence under section 359 of the Act may be brought in England and Wales.

(3) Section 360 of the Act (statements) applies in relation to criminal proceedings brought in England and Wales, as well as criminal proceedings brought in Northern Ireland.

(4) Section 361 of the Act (further provisions) applies as if the order were an English or Welsh disclosure order.

(5) Paragraph (6) applies where the Director gives a notice under a Northern Ireland disclosure order which requires a person in England and Wales to—

(a)answer questions in Northern Ireland; or

(b)provide information or produce documents in Northern Ireland.

(6) Proceedings for an offence under section 359 may be brought in England and Wales, as well as in Northern Ireland.