SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 13Extradition
Part 1Amendments to the Extradition Act 2003
Issue of Part 3 warrant: persons unlawfully at large who may be arrested without domestic warrant
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In section 142 (issue of Part 3 warrant), in subsection (1)(b), after “subsection (2)” there is inserted “
, or the condition in subsection (2A),
”
.
2
For subsection (2) of that section there is substituted—
2
The condition is that—
a
there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person has committed an extradition offence, and
b
a domestic warrant has been issued in respect of the person.
2A
The condition is that—
a
there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person is unlawfully at large after conviction of an extradition offence by a court in the United Kingdom, and
b
either a domestic warrant has been issued in respect of the person or the person may (if unlawfully at large as mentioned in paragraph (a)) be arrested without a warrant.