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Extradition Act 2003

Extradition Act 2003

2003 CHAPTER 41

Territorial Application: Wales

Part 5 .Miscellaneous and General Provisions

Section 216: Other interpretative provisions

613.This section defines various terms used in the Act, as follows:

  • category 1 territory must be read in accordance with section 1;

  • category 2 territory must be read in accordance with section 69;

  • designated authority must be read in accordance with section 2(9);

  • Part 1 warrant must be read in accordance with section 2;

  • Part 3 warrant must be read in accordance with section 142;

  • valid request for a person’s extradition must be read in accordance with section 70;

  • asylum claim has the meaning given by section 113 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002: a claim made by a person to the Secretary of State that to remove the person or require him to leave the United Kingdom would breach the United Kingdom's obligations under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28 July 1951 and its protocol;

  • a customs officer is a person commissioned by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise;

  • for Scotland "High Court" means the High Court of the Justiciary;

  • for Scotland references to an appeal being discontinued are to be taken as references to an appeal being abandoned;

  • for Northern Ireland "police officer" has the meaning given in the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000;

  • provisional warrant is one issued under the power in section 73(3);

  • a service policeman is a member of one of the four services' police forces, including, in the Royal Air Force Police, the Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force and any officer appointed to exercise the functions of a provost officer.

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