Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

126 Execution of certain warrants outside England and Wales.U.K.

Sections 12 to 14 of the M1Indictable Offences Act 1848 (which relate, among other things, to the execution in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands of warrants of arrest for the offences referred to in those sections) shall, so far as applicable, apply to—

(a)warrants of arrest issued under section 1 above for offences other than those referred to in the said sections 12 to 14;

(b)warrants of arrest issued under section 13 above;

(c)warrants of arrest issued under section 97 above other than warrants issued in bastardy proceedings to arrest a witness;F1. . .

[F2(cc)warrants of arrest issued under section 97A above;]

(d)warrants of commitment issued under this Act [F3; and.

(e)warrants of arrest issued under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998]; [F4and]

(f)warrants of arrest issued under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to [F5the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000] (offender referred to court by youth offender panel).

Textual Amendments

F1Word "and" at the end of s. 126(c) repealed (4.1.1999 for the purpose of sending any person for trial under s. 51 of the substituting Act from any area specified in S.I. 1998/2327, Sch. 2 (as amended by S.I. 1998/2412 and S.I. 2000/924) otherwise 15.1.2001) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 120(2), Sch. 8 para. 45(a), Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4(2)(c), Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3283, art. 2(c) (subject to art. 3)

F2S. 126(cc) inserted (4.1.1999 for the purpose of sending any person for trial under s. 51 of the substituting Act from any area specified in S.I. 1998/2327, Sch. 2 (as amended by S.I. 1998/2412 and S.I. 2000/924) otherwise 15.1.2001) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 45(b); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4(2)(c), Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3283, art. 2(c) (subject to art. 3)

F3S. 126(e) and the word "and" immediately preceding it inserted (4.1.1999 for the purpose of sending any person for trial under s. 51 of the substituting Act from any area specified in S.I. 1998/2327, Sch. 2 (as amended by S.I. 1998/2412 and S.I. 2000/924) otherwise 15.1.2001) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 45(c); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4(2)(c), Sch. 2; S.I. 2000/3283, art. 2(c) (subject to art. 3)

F4S. 126(f) and the preceding “and” inserted (26.6.2000) by 1999 c. 23, s. 67, Sch. 4 para. 9 (with Sch. 7 paras. 3(3), 5(2)); S.I. 2000/1587, art. 2(b)

F5Words in s. 126(f) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 74

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 125-126 applied (temp.) (23.2.2004 and 29.3.2004 for certain purposes, otherwise 5.4.2004 until 31.3.2006) by The Fines Collection Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/176), regs. 1(3), 10 (with reg. 3) (as amended (30.3.2005) by S.I. 2005/484, regs. 1(1)(a)(2), 2, 4)

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