Amendment of the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 19932

1

Schedule 3 to the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 19934 is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 1—

a

in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for “34(2) to (7), (8) and (9)” substitute “34(2) to (9)”;

b

in sub-paragraph (3), for “a serious arrestable offence” substitute “an indictable offence”.

3

In paragraph 2—

a

in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after the words “conferred by”, in the second place they appear, insert “section 24 of”;

b

in sub-paragraph (2)(c), for “section 38(1) of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986” substitute “paragraphs 1 and 10 of Schedule 2 to the Proceeds of Crime Act 20025”;

c

in sub-paragraph (4), for “sections 24 and 25” substitute “section 24”.

4

In paragraph 3—

a

in sub-paragraph (2)—

i

for “Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the” substitute “The”;

ii

for “63” substitute “64A”;

iii

omit “, or where the arrest was made by a customs officer, a customs office,”;

iv

for “or customs office designated under section 35 of the 1984 Act6” substitute “designated under section 35 of the 1984 Act, and section 34(1) to (5E) of the 1984 Act7 shall also apply in such a case.”;

b

after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

2A

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the person arrested, where the arrest was made by a customs officer, shall be treated as if the place where the person is held were for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in paragraph 1(2)(b) above and those of sections 61 to 63 and 63D of the 1984 Act8 a customs office in England, not being a customs office designated under section 35 of the 1984 Act.

c

in sub-paragraph (3)—

i

after “54,”, insert “54A,”;

ii

for “64(1) to (6)” substitute “63D”;

iii

for “34(2) to (7), (8) and (9)”, substitute “34(2) to (9)”.

5

In paragraph 4(6)(c), for “41(1)”, substitute “41(2)”.

6

In paragraph 5(9)(c), for “41(1)”, substitute “41(2)”.

7

In paragraph 6(9)(c), for “41(1)”, substitute “41(2)”.