
2009 No. 441
Criminal Law
The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2009
Made 10th December 2009
Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 51(2)(b) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 50(5)(b) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1 
This Order may be cited as the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2009 and comes into force on the first day of the month following the expiry of a period of 3 months after the date on which the United Kingdom deposits an instrument of ratification in respect of the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Designation of participating countries
2 
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ... Israel, Montenegro, Serbia ... and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are designated as participating countries in relation to the following provisions of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003—
(a) section 31 (hearing witnesses in the UK by telephone);
(b) section 47 (transfer of UK prisoner to assist investigation abroad);
(c) section 48 (transfer of EUetc. prisoner to assist UK investigation); and
(d) paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 (evidence given by television link or telephone).
3 
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ... Israel, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are designated as participating countries in relation to section 6 (effecting Scottish citation etc. otherwise than by post) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003.
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KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
