Section 34Part 6 — Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
Counter-terrorism Convention to be used as basis for mutual assistance in criminal matters
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Where —
the United Kingdom becomes party to a counter-terrorism Convention and it extends such Convention to the Islands;
there is in force an arrangement between the United Kingdom and another state which is a party to that counter-terrorism Convention, for mutual assistance in criminal matters, the arrangement shall be deemed for the purposes of mutual legal assistance legislation in the Islands to include provisions for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters falling within the scope of the counter-terrorism Convention.
Where —
the United Kingdom becomes party to a counter-terrorism Convention and it extends such Convention to the Islands;
there is no arrangement between the United Kingdom and another state which is a party to that counter-terrorism Convention, for mutual assistance in criminal matters, the Cabinet may, by order published in the Gazette, treat the counter-terrorism Convention for the purposes of giving effect to this Law, as an arrangement between the United Kingdom and that state for providing for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters falling within the scope of the counter-terrorism Convention.