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Paragraph 6

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The Parties shall endeavour to ensure that any discretionary legal powers under their domestic law relating to the prosecution of persons for offences established in accordance with this article are exercised to maximize the effectiveness of law enforcement measures in respect of those offences and with due regard to the need to deter the commission of such offences.

Notes on Schedule 1

Footnotes

f1

Paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act was amended bt section 22 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990.

f2

Treaty Series No. 23 (1979), Cmnd. 7466.

f3

Miscellaneous No. 24 (1978), Cmnd. 7330.