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(a) constitutes an offence under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom, and
(b) would, if it occurred in England andWales, constitute a serious arrestable offence.
(2) But an application for a warrant or order by virtue of subsection (1) may be made only—
(a) in pursuance of a direction given under section 13, or
(b) if it is an application for a warrant or order under section 8 of, or Schedule 1 to, that
Act by a constable for the purposes of an investigation by an international joint investigation
team of which he is a member.
(3) Part 3 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/ 1341
(N.I.12)) (powers of entry, search and seizure) is to have effect as if references to serious arrestable
offences in Article 10 of, and Schedule 1 to, that Order included any conduct which—
(a) constitutes an offence under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom, and
(b) would, if it occurred in Northern Ireland, constitute a serious arrestable offence.
(4) But an application for a warrant or order by virtue of subsection (3) may be made only—
(a) in pursuance of a direction given under section 13, or
(b) if it is an application for a warrant or order under Article 10 of, or Schedule 1 to, that
Order, by a constable for the purposes of an investigation by an international joint investigation
team of which he is a member.
(5) In this section, “international joint investigation team” has the meaning given by section
88(7) of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16).
17- Warrants in England andWales or Northern Ireland
(1) A justice of the peace may issue a warrant under this section if he is satisfied, on an appli-
cation made by a constable, that the following conditions are met.
(2) But an application for a warrant under subsection (1) may be made only in pursuance of a
direction given under section 13.
(3) The conditions are that—
(a) criminal proceedings have been instituted against a person in a country outside the
United Kingdom or a person has been arrested in the course of a criminal investigation carried
on there,
(b) the conduct constituting the offence which is the subject of the proceedings or
investigation would, if it occurred in England andWales or (as the case may be) Northern Ireland,
constitute an arrestableoffence, and