The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Designation of Prosecuting Authorities) Order 1991

Made: 21st May 1991

Coming into force: 10th June 1991

In exercise of the power conferred upon me by section 3(3) of theCriminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990[^f00001] I hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (InternationalCo-operation) Act 1990 (Designation of Prosecuting Authorities) Order1991 and shall come into force on10th June 1991.

2

The prosecuting authorities specified in the Schedule to this Orderare hereby designated for the purposes of section 3 of the CriminalJustice (International Co- operation) Act 1990.

SCHEDULE

Designated Prosecuting Authority

• The Attorney General for England and Wales

• The Director of Public Prosecutions and any Crown Prosecutor

• The Director of the Serious Fraud Office and any person designated under section 1(7) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 [^f00002]

• The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

• The Commissioners of Customs and Excise

• The Lord Advocate

• The Procurator Fiscal

• The Attorney General for Northern Ireland

• The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland

Signed

Kenneth Baker — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 21st May 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates prosecuting authorities for the purposes ofsection 3(3) of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act1990. Section 3(1) of the 1990 Act provides for a justice of the peaceor a judge or, in Scotland, a sheriff or judge to issue a letterrequesting assistance outside the United Kingdom in obtaining evidencefor use in criminal investigations or proceedings. Section 3(3) of the1990 Act provides that a designated prosecuting authority may itselfissue such a letter of request.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 5.

[^f00002]: 1987 c. 38.