Extradition Act 2003

[F1 204 Warrant issued by category 1 territory: transmission by other electronic means U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an arrest warrant is issued by an authority of a category 1 territory F2 ...,

(b) the information contained in the warrant [F3 is] transmitted to the designated authority by electronic means, and

(c) that information is received by the designated authority in [F4 a form in which it is intelligible and which is capable of being used for subsequent reference].

F5 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) The reference in section 2(2) to an arrest warrant issued by a judicial authority of a category 1 territory is to be read as if it were a reference to the information received by the designated authority.

(4) The references in section 63(1) to an arrest warrant are to be read as if they were references to the information received by the designated authority.

(5) For the purposes of [F6 subsection (1) —

F7 (a)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F8 (b) information contained in the warrant is treated as being received by the designated authority in a form in which it is intelligible if the authority receives—

(i) a summary of that information in English, and

(ii) the text of the warrant itself,

in a form in which it is legible.]

(6) For the purposes of this section—

F9 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) references to information being transmitted by electronic means do not include facsimile transmission, F10 ...

F10 ( c ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 204 substituted (25.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 67, 116; S.I. 2009/3096, art. 3(j) (with art. 4)

F2 Words in s. 204(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 53(2)(a)(i) (with reg. 57) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1408, regs. 1, 26); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in s. 204(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 53(2)(a)(ii) (with reg. 57) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1408, regs. 1, 26); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in s. 204(1)(c) substituted (21.7.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 11 para. 120(2) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/1916, art. 2(t)

F5 S. 204(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 53(2)(b) (with reg. 57) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1408, regs. 1, 26); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in s. 204(5) substituted (21.7.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 170(a), 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/1916, art. 2(o)

F7 S. 204(5)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 53(2)(c) (with reg. 57) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1408, regs. 1, 26); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 S. 204(5)(b) inserted (21.7.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 170(b), 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/1916, art. 2(o)

F9 S. 204(6)(a) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 53(2)(d) (with reg. 57) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1408, regs. 1, 26); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10 S. 204(6)(c) and preceding word omitted (21.7.2014) by virtue of Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 11 para. 120(3)(b) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/1916, art. 2(t)

Commencement Information

I1 Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))