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(1)Where a competent court makes a delivery order in respect of a person, the court shall—
(a)commit the person to custody or on bail to await the Secretary of State’s directions as to the execution of the order,
(b)inform the person of his rights under section 12 (right to review of delivery order) in ordinary terms and in a language which appears to the court to be one which he fully understands and speaks, and
(c)notify the Secretary of State and, in the case of proceedings in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers of its decision.
(2)A person committed to custody under subsection (1)(a) shall be committed to prison or to the custody of a constable.
(3)A court which commits a person to custody under subsection (1)(a) may subsequently grant bail.
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