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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III modified by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), ss. 214(9), 423(9)
(1)If it appears to the responsible Minister that a person serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in any part of the United Kingdom [F1or to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man] should be transferred to another part of the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending criminal proceedings against him there, that Minister may make an order for his transfer to that other part [F1or that island], and for his removal to a prison or other institution there.
[F2(1A)If it appears to the Secretary of State that a person serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man should be transferred to a part of the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending criminal proceedings against him there, the Secretary of State may make an order for his transfer to that part and for his removal to a prison or other institution there.]
(2)During the period for which a person transferred under . . . F3 this section remains in the part of the United Kingdom [F1or island] to which he is transferred, the provisions of section twenty-six of this Act relating to the treatment of persons transferred under that section shall apply to him as if he had been transferred to that part under that section.
(3)Where a person has been transferred under subsection (1) [F1or (1A)] of this section for the purpose of any proceedings, the responsible Minister [F1(in the case of a person so transferred to any part of the United Kingdom) or the Secretary of State (in the case of a person so transferred to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man)] may,—
(a)if that person is sentenced to imprisonment or detention in those proceedings, make an order under section twenty-six of this Act (but without application in that behalf) transferring him back to the country [F1or island] from which he was transferred under subsection (1) [F1or (1A)] of this section;
(b)if he is not so sentenced, make an order for his return to the said country [F1or island], and for his removal to an appropriate institution in that country [F1or island], there to serve the remainder of the sentence referred to in subsection (1) [F1or (1A)] of this section.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), Sch. 12
F2S. 28(1A) inserted by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), Sch. 12
F3Words repealed by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), Sch. 13