For the purposes of this Part, section 31 shall apply subject to the following and any other necessary modifications:
(a) as if the following were substituted for the definition of 'competent authority':
' 'competent authority' means EPPO;',
(b) in the definition of 'external freezing order', as if the following paragraph were substituted for paragraph (a):
'(a) taken provisionally by EPPO in criminal proceedings to prevent the destruction, transformation, moving, transfer, disposal or use of specified property in the State that could be subject to confiscation or be evidence in those proceedings, and',
and
(c) as if the following were substituted for the definition of 'issuing state':
' 'issuing state' means EPPO;'.