41Date of commencement of sentence
(1)Each of sections 218 and 431 of the 1975 Act (consideration of time spent in custody) shall be amended as follows.
(2)After the word “shall” there shall be inserted “(a)”.
(3)At the end there shall be added the following words— “or spent in custody awaiting extradition to the United Kingdom;
(b)specify the date of commencement of the sentence; and
(c)if that person—
(i)has spent a period of time in custody on remand awaiting trial or sentence; or
(ii)is an extradited prisoner for the purposes of this section,
and the date specified under paragraph (b) above is not earlier than the date on which sentence is passed, state its reasons for not specifying an earlier date.”.
(4)The existing words, as so amended, shall be subsection (1).
(5)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—
“(2)A prisoner is an extradited prisoner for the purposes of this section if—
(a)he was tried for the offence in respect of which his sentence of imprisonment was imposed—
(i)after having been extradited to the United Kingdom; and
(ii)without having first been restored to the state from which extradited or having had an opportunity of leaving the United Kingdom; and
(b)he was for any period kept in custody while awaiting such extradition.
(3)In this section “extradited to the United Kingdom” means returned to the United Kingdom—
(a)in pursuance of extradition arrangements (as defined in section 3 of the [1989 c. 33.] Extradition Act 1989);
(b)under any law which corresponds to that Act and is a law of a designated Commonwealth country (as defined in section 5(1) of that Act);
(c)under that Act as extended to a colony or under any corresponding law of a colony; or
(d)in pursuance of a warrant of arrest endorsed in the Republic of Ireland under the law of that country corresponding to the [1965 c. 45.] Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965.”.