PART 12Extradition

Amendments of the Extradition Act 2003

165Extradition to the United Kingdom to be sentenced or to serve a sentence

In section 142 of the Extradition Act 2003 (issue of Part 3 warrant), for subsection (2A) there is substituted—

“(2A)

The condition is that—

(a)

the person has been convicted of an extradition offence by a court in the United Kingdom,

(b)

his extradition is sought for the purpose of his being sentenced for the offence or of his serving a sentence of imprisonment or another form of detention imposed in respect of the offence, and

(c)

either a domestic warrant has been issued in respect of the person or the person may be arrested without a warrant.”