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tutes the offence or offences would, if it occurred in a part of the United Kingdom, constitute an
offence in that part.
(7) Specified information, in relation to a certificate required by section 11(4) or 20(5), me-
ans—
(a) any information required to be given by the form of certificate annexed to the rele-
vant Framework Decision, or
(b) any information prescribed by an order made by the Secretary of State.
(8) In relation to Scotland, references above in this section to the Secretary of State are to be
read as references to the Scottish Ministers.
(9) The territorial authority—
(a) in relation to evidence in England andWales or Northern Ireland, is the Secretary of
State,
(b) in relation to evidence in Scotland, is the Lord Advocate.
CHAPTER 3
HEARING EVIDENCE THROUGH TELEVISION LINKS OR BY TELEPHONE
29- Hearing witnesses abroad through television links
(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide for section 32(1A) of the Criminal Justice Act
1988 (c. 33) or Article 81(1A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
(S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I.12)) (proceedings in which evidence may be given through television link) to
apply to any further description of criminal proceedings, or to all criminal proceedings.
(2) The Scottish Ministers may by order provide for section 273(1) of the Criminal Procedure
(Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) (proceedings in which evidence may be given through television link)
to apply to any further description of criminal proceedings, or to all criminal proceedings.
30- Hearing witnesses in the UK through television links
(1) This section applies where the Secretary of State receives a request, from an authority
mentioned in subsection (2) (“the external authority”), for a person in the United Kingdom to give
evidence through a live television link in criminal proceedings before a court in a country outside
the United Kingdom.
Criminal proceedings include any proceedings on an appeal before a court against a decision
in administrative proceedings.