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Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) (Amendment) Act 1998

1998 c. 27 · Enacted 9 July 1998 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to amend section 12 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990.

[9th July 1998]

E1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Extent

E1

For the extent of this Act see s. 2(3)

Contents

  1. 1Manufacture and supply of scheduled substances.
  2. 2Short title, commencement and extent.

1Manufacture and supply of scheduled substances.

After subsection (1) of section 12 (manufacture and supply of scheduled substances) of the M1Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(1A)

A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) above if he manufactures or, as the case may be, supplies the scheduled substance with the express consent of a constable.”

2Short title, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) (Amendment) Act 1998.

(2)

This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.

(3)

This Act extends to Northern Ireland and to any colony or part of the British Islands to which the 1990 Act extends by virtue of an Order in Council made under section 32(4) of that Act.