Designation of participating countries
2.—(1) The following countries are designated as participating countries under section 51(2)(b) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003(1) for the purposes of the provisions of that Act specified in paragraph (2)—
(a)Georgia;
(b)Liechtenstein;
(c)Luxembourg;
(d)Republic of Moldova;
(e)Switzerland; and
(f)Türkiye.
(2) The provisions are—
(a)section 31 (hearing witnesses in the UK by telephone);
(b)section 32 (customer information)(2);
(c)section 35 (account information);
(d)section 43 (information about a person’s bank account);
(e)section 44 (monitoring banking transactions);
(f)section 45 (sending requests for assistance);
(g)section 47 (transfer of UK prisoner to assist investigation abroad)(3);
(h)section 48 (transfer of EU etc. prisoner to assist UK investigation)(4); and
(i)paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 (evidence given by telephone).
Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, which includes sections 32, 35, 43, 44 and 45 was omitted by regulation 87(11) of the Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742). The provisions were reinstated by virtue of paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 3 to, the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29).
Section 32 was amended by paragraphs 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to, the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29).
Section 47 was amended by paragraph 237 of Schedule 16 to, the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52).
Section 48 was amended by paragraph 52 of Schedule 26 to, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4).