Statutory Instruments
1991 No. 1224

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
CRIMINAL LAW, SCOTLAND
CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND
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(1) 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.

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

Article 2
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 (2)

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

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.


(1)
1990 c. 5.

(2)
1987 c. 38.