Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004

Competent authorities.

2.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the competent authority of the State for the purposes of the Council Framework Decision and this Act (in this Act referred to as “the Competent Authority”) is the Commissioner.

(2) Where the competent authority of another Member State requires a request to it under section 3 (1) to be made, or a request from it under section 4 (1) to be received, by a judicial authority, the Minister shall be the Competent Authority in relation to the request.

(3) In this Act “competent authority”, in relation to another Member State, means the authority designated by that Member State to be the competent authority of that Member State for the purposes of the Council Framework Decision.