Part 2 Arrest and delivery of persons
Request for transit and unscheduled landing
21 Request for transit
1
This section applies where the Secretary of State receives a request from the ICC for transit of a person being surrendered by another state.
2
If the Secretary of State accedes to the request—
a
the request shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as if it were a request for that person’s arrest and surrender,
b
the warrant accompanying the request shall be deemed to have been endorsed under section 2(3), and
c
the person to whom the request relates shall be treated on arrival in the United Kingdom as if he had been arrested under that warrant.
3
In relation to a case where this section applies—
a
the reference in section 5(2)(a)(i) to the warrant having been duly endorsed under section 2(3) shall be read as a reference to the Secretary of State having acceded to the request for transit; and
b
section 12(1) (right to review of delivery order: period for making application) shall have effect as if the reference to 15 days (the period during which directions to execute delivery order are not to be given) were a reference to two days.
4
A person in transit under this section shall not be granted bail.