HC Deb 28 June 1988 vol 136 cc322-3

5A.—(1) Where—

  1. (a) no such arrangement as is mentioned in section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 has been made with a State which is a party to the Convention; and
  2. (b) general extradition arrangements have not been made with that State under Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1988,
  1. (i) an offence mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (1) of section 1 of this Act which is committed by doing an act in relation to or by means of nuclear material;
  2. (ii) an offence under section 2 of this Act;
  3. (iii) an attempt to commit an offence mentioned in paragraph (i) or (ii) above;
  4. (iv) counselling, procuring, commanding, aiding or abetting such an offence; and
  5. (v) being accessory before or after the fact to such an offence.

(2) The provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1986 mentioned in subsection (1) above are—

  1. (a) section 1(1) to (8);
  2. (b) sections 3 to 10; and
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  4. (c) sections 12 to 18.

(3) An Order in council under this section may not provide that a court determining whether a person arrested for an offence mentioned in subsection (1) above shall not be under a duty to determine whether the evidence would be sufficient to warrant his trial if the offence had taken place within the jurisdiction of the court.

(4) For the purposes of the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 specified in subsection (2) above, in their application by virtue of an Order in council under this section as between the United Kingdom and any other State, any act wherever committed, which is—

  1. (a) an offence mentioned in subsection (1) above; and
  2. (b) an offence against the law of that State,
shall be deemed to be an offence committed within the territory of that State.

(5) In this section and in section 6 below "the Convention" means the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material opened the signature at Vienna and New York on 3 March 1980.".

79B. The following subsections shall be substituted for section 7(1) of that Act— (1) Sections 17 and 22 of the Extradition Act 1870 shall extend to section 5 above. (1A) Sections 19 (Application of general extradition arrangements to Colonies) and (Special Extradition arrangements—Colonies) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 shall extend to section 5A above.".'

No. 177, in line 25, leave out from beginning to '(intimate' and insert— '79A. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 shall be amended as follows. 79B. At the end of subsection (3)(b) of section 24 (arrest) there shall be added the words "other than an offence under section 12(1) of the Theft Act 1968". 79C. In section 55(1)'.

No. 212, in line 27, at end insert— '80A. In section 65, in the definition of "intimate samples", for the word "orifice" there shall be substituted the word "orifices".'

No. 178, in line 28, leave out 'of that Act'.

No. 18, in line 29, at end insert— '81A. At the end of Schedule 5 to that Act there shall be added—