Extradition Act 2003

[F1206CLive links: interpretationU.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)This section applies for the purposes of section 206A and subsections (2) and (3) also apply for the purposes of section 206B.

(2)In relation to proceedings under Part 1, section 67 applies for determining the appropriate judge.

(3)In relation to proceedings under Part 2, section 139 applies for determining the appropriate judge.

(4)A person is affected by an extradition claim if—

(a)a Part 1 warrant is issued in respect of the person;

(b)the person is arrested under section 5;

(c)a request for the person's extradition is made; or

(d)a warrant under section 73 is issued in respect of the person.

[F2(5)References to being in custody include—

(a)in England and Wales, references to being in police detention within the meaning of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

(b)in Northern Ireland, references to being in police detention within the meaning of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;

F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(6)“Live link” means an arrangement by which a person [F4, while absent from the place where the hearing is being held,] [F4(P)] is able—

(a)to see and hear [F5the appropriate judge, and other persons,] [F5all other persons taking part in the hearing who are not in the same location as P, and]

(b)to be seen and heard by [F6the judge, other persons,] [F6all other persons taking part in the hearing who are not in the same location as P,]

and for this purpose any impairment of eyesight or hearing is to be disregarded.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 206A-206C inserted (25.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 78, 116; S.I. 2009/3096, art. 3(u)