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This Order amends section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 by extending the Group A offences to which Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 applies so as to include various offences contained in Part II of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981. Part I of the 1993 Act makes provision about the jurisdiction of courts in England and Wales in relation to certain offences of dishonesty and blackmail set out in section 1 of that Act.