2.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the competent authority of the State for the purposes of the Council Framework Decision and this Act (in this Act referred to as “the Competent Authority”) is the Commissioner.

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(3) In this Act “competent authority”, in relation to another Member State, means the authority designated by that Member State to be the competent authority of that Member State for the purposes of the Council Framework Decision.