(1) Where Saint Lucia becomes a party to a counter terrorism convention and there is in force, an arrangement between the government of Saint Lucia and another State which is a party to that counter terrorism convention, for mutual assistance in criminal matters, the arrangement shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Mutual Criminal Matters Act, to include provision for mutual assistance in criminal matters in respect of offences falling within the scope of that counter terrorism convention.
(2) Where Saint Lucia becomes a party to a counter terrorism convention and there is no arrangement between the government of Saint Lucia and another State which is a party to that counter terrorism convention for mutual assistance in criminal matters, the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, treat the counter terrorism convention as an arrangement between the Government of Saint Lucia and that State providing for mutual assistance in criminal matters in respect of offences falling within the scope of that counter terrorism convention.