Police and Justice Act 2006

Issue of Part 3 warrant: persons unlawfully at large who may be arrested without domestic warrant

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21(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.