PART 18Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

CHAPTER 3Amendment of primary legislation consequential upon amendments made by this Part

Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 198775.

(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 ”.