Regulation 75 Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1987

(1)

The Criminal Justice Act 1987^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 2 (Director’s investigation powers)^f2—

(a)

in subsection (1A), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)
the Secretary of State acting under section 15(2) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, in response to a request received from a person mentioned in section 13(2) of that Act (an “overseas authority”).”;

(b)

in subsection (18), omit the definition of “overseas authority”.

(3)

In section 3(6) (disclosure of information)^f3, in paragraph (n), for “the Treaty on European Union or any other” substitute “a”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1987 c. 38.
f2: Section 2(1A) was inserted by section 164(2)(c) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) and amended by S.I. 2017/730. Section 2(18) was amended by S.I. 2017/730.There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.
f3: Section 3(6) was amended by section 80(b) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32). There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.