Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008
F114[Modification of references for purposes of Part (general)
94H.—For the purposes of this Part a reference in this Act—
(a) to a member state shall, subject to paragraph (b), unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to a relevant EPPO member state,
(b) to a request from a member state shall be construed as a reference to an EPPO request,
(c) to an assurance by a requesting authority shall, subject to section 94AG and paragraph (c) of section 94AQ, be construed as a reference to an assurance by—
(i) EPPO, or
(ii) the relevant EPPO member state in which EPPO is conducting a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings that are the subject of an EPPO request,
(d) to an order, an interception order, a warrant or a document being issued, or made, by EPPO shall be construed as including a reference to an order, an interception order, a warrant or a document, as the case may be, being issued, or made, by the relevant EPPO member state on the request of EPPO, and,
(e) to the law of the designated state shall—
(i) in section 15(2)(c)(iv), be construed as a reference to the law of the relevant EPPO member state,
(ii) in section 17(3)(a), be construed as a reference to the law of the relevant EPPO member state, and
(iii) in section 66(5), be construed as a reference to the law of the relevant EPPO member state.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F114
Inserted (1.11.2023) by Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), s. 52, S.I. No. 525 of 2023.