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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1

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.