Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act 2019

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Amendment of Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008

4. The Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 is amended—

(a) in section 2—

(i) in subsection (1)—

(I) in the definition of “international instrument”, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (j):

“(ja) the Istanbul Convention;”, and

(II) by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘Istanbul Convention’ means the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence done at Istanbul on 11 May 2011;”,

and

(ii) in subsection (6), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (j):

“(ja) Schedule 10A sets out the English text of the Istanbul Convention,”,

and

(b) by the insertion after Schedule 10 of Schedule 10A as set out in the Schedule to this Act.