SCHEDULE 4CONVICTIONS BY COURTS IN OTHER EU MEMBER STATES: MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS
PART 1THE 1995 ACT
The 1995 Act
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In section 205B (minimum sentence for third conviction of certain offences relating to drug trafficking)—
a
in subsection (1)(b), for “been convicted in any part of the United Kingdom of two other class A drug trafficking offences” substitute “
two previous convictions for relevant offences
”
, and
b
after subsection (1) insert—
1A
In subsection (1), “relevant offence” means—
a
in relation to a conviction by a court in any part of the United Kingdom, a class A drug trafficking offence;
b
in relation to a conviction by a court in a member State of the European Union other than the United Kingdom, an offence that is equivalent to a class A drug trafficking offence.
1B
Any issue of equivalence arising in pursuance of subsection (1A)(b) is for the court to determine.