The Criminal Procedure Rules 2010

Notice of consent

17.3.—(1) A person arrested in pursuance of a warrant under section 8 of or paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Extradition Act 1989(1) may at any time consent to his return; and where such consent is given in accordance with the following provisions of this rule, the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) or another District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) designated by him for the purposes of the Act may order the committal for return of that person in accordance with section 14(2) of that Act or, as the case may be, paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 1 to the Act.

(2) A notice of consent for the purposes of this rule shall be given in the form set out in the Practice Direction and shall be signed in the presence of the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) or another District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) designated by him for the purposes of the 1989 Act.

[Note. This rule has effect only in proceedings where the request for extradition was received by the relevant authority in the United Kingdom on or before 31st December 2003.]

(1)

1989 c. 33; section 8 was amended by section 158(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), article 6(1) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to, S.I. 1999/1750, section 78(2) of, and paragraphs 31 and 32 of Schedule 11 and Part V of Schedule 15 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) and section 109(1) of, and paragraph 325 of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39); paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 78(2) of, and paragraphs 31 and 36 of Schedule 11 and Part V of Schedule 15 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) and section 109(1) of, and paragraph 329 of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).