Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014

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The Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 15^th May, 2014[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 35 and 71A of the Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000[b] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order:-

Amendment of section 61 of the Law.

1. In section 61 of the Law -

(a) immediately after subsection (4), insert the following subsection -

"(4A) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to a disclosure made -

(a) by the client of a professional legal adviser to that adviser in connection with the seeking of legal advice, or

(b) to any person -

(i) in contemplation of legal proceedings, and

(ii) for the purposes of those proceedings.",

(b) in sub-section (5), for the words "Subsection (4) does", substitute "Subsections (4) and 4(A) do".

Interpretation.

2. In this Ordinance, "the Law" means the Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000, as amended.

Extent.

3. This Ordinance has effect throughout the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Citation.

4. This Ordinance may be cited as the Drug Trafficking (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014.

Commencement.

5. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 28^th May, 2014.

[a]	Article IX of Billet d'État No. IX of 2014 (Volume 2).
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XL, p. 131; Order in Council No. II of 2005; Nos. XVI and XVII of 2007; No. XVII of 2008 and No. XIII of 2010; Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXIX, p. 406; Tome XXXIII, p. 159; Ordinance Nos. XV and XXXV of 2010.