# The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1996, Paragraph 22


In section 41—
(a) in subsection (1), for the word “Part” there shall be substituted the word “Act”;
(b) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection:
“(2) Proceedings are instituted in a designated country when—
(a) under the law of the designated country concerned one of the steps specified in relation to that country in column 2 of the Appendix hereto has been taken there in respect of alleged drug trafficking by the defendant, or
(b) where no steps have been specified in relation thereto as mentioned in paragraph (a) above, the defendant has been notified in writing in accordance with the laws of the designated country that the competent authorities of that country have begun proceedings against him in respect of alleged drug trafficking, or
(c) an application has been made to a court in a designated country for an external confiscation order,
and where the application of this subsection would result in there being more than one time for the institution of proceedings, they shall be taken to have been instituted at the earliest of those times.”;
(c) for subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection:
“(3) Proceedings for an offence are concluded—
(a) when (disregarding any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time) there is no further possibility of an external confiscation order being made in the proceedings;
(b) on the satisfaction of an external confiscation order made in the proceedings, whether by the recovery of all property liable to be recovered, or the payment of any amount due”;
(c) subsections (4) and (5) shall be omitted;
(e) for subsection (6), there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(6) An external confiscation order is satisfied when no property remains liable to be recovered under it, or no amount is due under it.”;
(f) subsection (7) shall be omitted; and
(g) in subsection (8), before the word “order” the first time that it appears there shall be inserted the words “external confiscation”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2880/schedule/2/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/drug-trafficking-act-1994-designated-countries-and-territories-order-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-22
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