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applies.
(3) A request under subsection (1) must—
(a) specify the court in the participating country,
(b) give the name and address of the witness,
(c) state that the witness is willing to give evidence by telephone in the proceedings
before that court.
(4) Unless he considers it inappropriate to do so, the Secretary of State must by notice in wri-
ting nominate a court in the United Kingdomwhere the witness may be heard in the proceedings
in question by telephone.
(5) Anything done by the witness in the presence of the nominated court which, if it were
done in proceedings before the court, would constitute contempt of court is to be treated for that
purpose as done in proceedings before the court.
(6) Any statement made on oath by a witness giving evidence in pursuance of this section is
to be treated for the purposes of—
(a) section 1 of the Perjury Act 1911 (c. 6),
(b) Article 3 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/ 1714 (N.I. 19)),
(c) sections 44 to 46 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 39) or,
in relation to Scotland, any matter pertaining to the common law crime of perjury, as made in
proceedings before the nominated court.
(7) Part 2 of Schedule 2 (evidence given by telephone link) is to have effect.
(8) Subject to subsections (5) and (6) and the provisions of that Schedule, evidence given in
pursuance of this section is not to be treated for any purpose as evidence given in proceedings in
the United Kingdom.
(9) In relation to Scotland, references in this section to the Secretary of State are to be read as
references to the Lord Advocate.
CHAPTER 4
INFORMATION ABOUT BANKING TRANSACTIONS
Requests for information about banking transactions in England andWales and Northern
Ireland for use abroad