Proceeds of Crime (Amendment of Law) (No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2021

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Proceeds of Crime (Amendment of Law) (No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2021

Made                                                                                                       30th June 2021

Coming into force                                                                                   7th July 2021

THE STATES make these Regulations under Article 1(9) of the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999 –

1        Article 1(1) (Interpretation) of the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999 amended

(1)     This Regulation amends Article 1(1) of the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999.

(2)     The following definitions are inserted in the correct alphabetical sequence –

“ “cannabis” means any plant of the genus Cannabis and any part of such plant;

“production” has the same meaning as is given to that expression by Article 1(1) of the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978;

“supply” is construed in accordance with the meaning given to “supplying” by Article 1(1) of the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978;”.

(3)     In the definition “criminal conduct” –

(a)     in paragraph (b) for the semi-colon there is substituted a comma; and

(b)     after paragraph (b) there is inserted –

but does not include the production, supply, use, export or import of cannabis or any of its derivatives that –

(i)      is lawful where and when it occurs, and

(ii)      occurs in a jurisdiction outside Jersey that the Minister for External Relations and Financial Services may by Order specify;”.

2        Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment of Law) (No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 2021 and come into force 7 days after they are made.


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