2 Amendment to paragraph 24 of Schedule 3
1 Paragraph 24 of Schedule 3 (prescribed criteria) to the Act is amended as follows.
2 For paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(a) the law of a country or territory outside England and Wales;”

3 After sub-paragraph (9) insert—

“10 For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a) in its application to an offence committed outside the British Islands the Secretary of State must not specify the offence unless—
(a) the conduct which constitutes the offence would, if carried out in England and Wales, amount to an offence under the law of England and Wales (the equivalent offence), and
(b) the equivalent offence is also specified for the purposes of paragraph 1, 2, 7 or 8 (as the case may be).”