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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crime-international-co-operation-act-2003-designation-of-participating-countries-scotland-order-2023/article-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2023/9780111056639",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crime-international-co-operation-act-2003-designation-of-participating-countries-scotland-order-2023",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Designation of participating countries",
  "text": "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—\n(a) section 31 (hearing witnesses in the UK by telephone);\n(b) section 37 (customer information);\n(c) section 40 (account information);\n(d) section 43 (information about a person’s bank account);\n(e) section 44 (monitoring banking transactions);\n(f) section 45 (sending requests for assistance);\n(g) section 47 (transfer of UK prisoner to assist investigation abroad);\n(h) section 48 (transfer of EU etc. prisoner to assist UK investigation); and\n(i) paragraph 15 of schedule 2 (evidence given by television link or telephone).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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2(2)(a) of schedule 3 of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29), regulation 87(11) of S.I. 2019/742 was revoked before it ever came into force, and Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 remains in force."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 37 was amended by paragraph 3(3) of schedule 3 of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 47 was amended by paragraph 237 of schedule 16 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 48 was amended by paragraph 52 of schedule 26 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:29:53.349253+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."
}