Minister for Justice (Deputy Helen McEntee): …I also intend to extend section 10 of the Misuse of Drugs Act to allow certificate evidence to be provided under a wider range of circumstances.

Further amendments are intended in respect of: the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006, to allow for situations where the chair of the Mental Health Board may be temporarily incapacitated; the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008, to facilitate the return of confiscated financial assets to the requesting state; the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018, to remove certain dual criminality requirements; and the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, in respect of interference with or disruption of court proceedings...

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