53.— The Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990 is amended—

(a) in section 2—

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 or section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007,” for “or section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996,”,

(ii) in subsection (3), by the insertion in paragraph (b) after “section 3(1) of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994” of “or an offence to which section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 applies”, and

(iii) in subsection (5), by the insertion in paragraph (a)(ii) after “within the meaning of 3(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1994” of “or an offence to which section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 applies”, and

(b) in section 4(2), by the substitution of “section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 or section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007,” for “or section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996,”.