Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017

Amendment of Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008

9. Section 2 (1) of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘1999 Protocol’ means the Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 26 March 1999;”;

and

(b) in the definition of “international instrument” by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (l):

“(la) the 1999 Protocol;”.