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Assistance in Criminal Matters, and to implement the Commonwealth

Scheme, mean that further legislation is required. The Home office

hope to introduce the Criminal Justice (International Cooperation)

Bill in the next session of Parliament. The intended scope of the

, a copy of which I attach for your infomation Bill is set out in the Instructions to Parliamentary Counsel. The

limitations in respect of the Dependent Territories are set out in the

么 draft Supplementary Instructions which I also have pleasure is sending

to you.

Extracts of relevant legislation are also enclosed along

with a copy of the current draft of the new Bill.

3. The aim of the draft Supplementary Instructions is to make it

possible to extend Part VI of the CJA, the DTOA and the Criminal

Justice (International Cooperation) Bill, once enacted, to the

dependent territories. I am aware that some of you are ahead of the

UK in the introduction of modern Mutual Legal Assistance legislation.

I would welcome any comments you may have on the issues addressed by

the drafts I attach, and confirmation of the compatibility of your

legislation with the UN Convention and the Commonwealth Scheme. I

would expect that those of you who have introduced your own drug

trafficking legislation will now want to add local legislation along

the lines of Part VI of the CJA plus the International Cooperation

Bill. Local legislation is our preference for all territories. But

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