Article 2 Designation of participating countries

Georgia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Switzerland, and Turkey are designated as participating countries in relation to the following provisions of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003^f1—

(a)

section 31 (hearing witnesses in the UK by telephone);

(b)

section 37 (customer information)^f2;

(c)

section 40 (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)^f3;

(h)

section 48 (transfer of EU etc. prisoner to assist UK investigation)^f4; and

(i)

paragraph 15 of schedule 2 (evidence given by television link or telephone).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, which includes sections 37, 40, 43, 44 and 45 was due to be omitted by regulation 87(11) of S.I. 2019/742. However, by virtue of paragraph 2(2)(a) of schedule 3 of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), regulation 87(11) of S.I. 2019/742 was revoked before it ever came into force, and Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 remains in force.
f2: Section 37 was amended by paragraph 3(3) of schedule 3 of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29).
f3: Section 47 was amended by paragraph 237 of schedule 16 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52).
f4: Section 48 was amended by paragraph 52 of schedule 26 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4).