Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 1146
Criminal Law, England And Wales
Criminal Law, Northern Ireland
The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022
Made
7th November 2022
Coming into force
8th November 2022
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 51(2)(b) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003( 1 ), makes the following Order.
In accordance with section 50(5)(a)( 2 ) of that Act, a draft of the instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2022.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland.
Designation of participating countries
2. —(1) The following countries are designated as participating countries under section 51(2)(b) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003( 3 ) for the purposes of the provisions of that Act specified in paragraph (2)—
(a) Georgia;
(b) Liechtenstein;
(c) Luxembourg;
(d) Republic of Moldova;
(e) Switzerland; and
(f) Türkiye.
(2) The provisions are—
(a) section 31 (hearing witnesses in the UK by telephone);
(b) section 32 (customer information)( 4 );
(c) section 35 (account information);
(d) section 43 (information about a person’s bank account);
(e) section 44 (monitoring banking transactions);
(f) section 45 (sending requests for assistance);
(g) section 47 (transfer of UK prisoner to assist investigation abroad)( 5 );
(h) section 48 (transfer of EU etc. prisoner to assist UK investigation)( 6 ); and
(i) paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 (evidence given by telephone).
Amendment of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2010
3. —(1)The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2010( 7 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 3, for “, Serbia and Switzerland” substitute “and Serbia” .
Tom Tugendhat
Minister of State
Home Office
7th November 2022
2003 c. 32 . Section 51(2)(b) was amended by S.I. 2019/742 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Section 50(5) was amended by S.I. 2019/742 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, which includes sections 32, 35, 43, 44 and 45 was omitted by regulation 87(11) of the Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. 2019/742 ). The provisions were reinstated by virtue of paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 3 to, the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29) .
Section 32 was amended by paragraphs 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to, the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29) .
Section 47 was amended by paragraph 237 of Schedule 16 to, the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) .
Section 48 was amended by paragraph 52 of Schedule 26 to, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) .
S.I. 2010/36 , amended by S.I. 2017/730 , 2019/742 .