The Proceeds of Crime (Countries and Territories designated under the Drug Trafficking Act 1994) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 1997 No. 270 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 3 June 1997
In force from: 2 July 1997
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
Made under: Crime (Countries and Territories designated under the Drug Trafficking Act 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order provides that, subject to certain modifications, the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 applies to an order made by a court in any of the countries or territories listed in Schedule 1 (being countries and territories designated under section 39 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994) for the purpose of recovering payments or other rewards received in connection with drug trafficking or their value, and to proceedings which have been or are to be instituted in a designated country or territory and may result in such an order being made there. It also provides, in Article 7, that the value of any property recovered in a designated country or territory in response to a request by the government of the United Kingdom for assistance in the enforcement of an order is to be treated as reducing the amount payable in Northern Ireland under a confiscation order made by the Crown Court. Article 2 applies the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, with modifications, to confiscation orders of courts in those countries and territories and proceedings which may lead to such an order being made. The modifications of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 are specified in Schedule 2, and Schedule 3 sets out in full that Order as so modified.

Offences created by this instrument

A person shall be guilty of an offence if without reasonable excuse he fails to comply with a requirement imposed on… paragraph 5(1) of SCHEDULE 3 · Status not determined · Strict liability
A person who— a knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that an investigation is being carried out or is likely to be… paragraph 5(2) of SCHEDULE 3 · Status not determined · Objective fault

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