{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-international-co-operation-act-2003/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-international-co-operation-act-2003/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/32",
  "legislation_title": "Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-international-co-operation-act-2003",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Sending requests for assistance",
  "text": "(1) A request for assistance under section 7 may be sent—\n(a) to a court exercising jurisdiction in the place where the evidence is situated, or\n(b) to any authority recognised by the government of the country in question as the appropriate authority for receiving requests of that kind.\n(2) Alternatively, if it is a request by a judicial authority or a designated prosecuting authority it may be sent to the Secretary of State (in Scotland, the Lord Advocate) for forwarding to a court or authority mentioned in subsection (1).\n(3) In cases of urgency, a request for assistance may be sent to—\n(a) the International Criminal Police Organisation, or\n(b) any body or person competent to receive it under any provisions adopted under the Treaty on European Union,\nfor forwarding to any court or authority mentioned in subsection (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8 applied by 1995 c. 46, s. 194IA(4) (as inserted (S.) (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 105, 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 26.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/786, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/32/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:00.442245+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}