The Repatriation of Prisoners (Overseas Territories) Order 2017

13.  In section 4F(1) (sections 4D and 4E: supplementary provisions)—

(a)in subsection (2) omit “or the Scottish Ministers or the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland”;

(b)for subsection (3) substitute—

(3) The appropriate judge is a member of the judiciary who is designated for those purposes by the head of the judiciary in the Territory after consulting with—

(a)the Minister responsible for justice in the Territory; or

(b)if there is no such Minister, the Governor of the Territory.; and

(c)in subsection (4) omit “(a) or (c)”.

(1)

Section 4F was inserted by section 95 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. Subsection (2) was amended by article 6(5) of, and paragraphs 1 and 9 of Schedule 8 to, SI 2010/976.