Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1987U.K.
75.—(1) The Criminal Justice Act 1987 M1 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 2 (Director's investigation powers) M2—
(a)in subsection (1A), for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)the Secretary of State acting under section 15(2) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, in response to a request received from a person mentioned in section 13(2) of that Act (an “overseas authority”).”;
(b)in subsection (18), omit the definition of “overseas authority”.
(3) In section 3(6) (disclosure of information) M3, in paragraph (n), for “the Treaty on European Union or any other” substitute “ a ”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 75 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1
Marginal Citations
M2Section 2(1A) was inserted by section 164(2)(c) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) and amended by S.I. 2017/730. Section 2(18) was amended by S.I. 2017/730.There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.
M3Section 3(6) was amended by section 80(b) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32). There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.