The Magistrates' Courts (Extradition) Rules 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules make procedural provision in relation to extradition proceedings under the Extradition Act 1989 (which consolidates Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, the Extradition Act 1870 (c. 52) (as amended by the 1988 Act) and the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 (c. 68) (as so amended)). Rule 4 specifies time limits and other requirements in relation to appeals by case stated under section 10 of the 1989 Act against a refusal to make an order of committal. Rule 5 and form 1 in the Schedule to the Rules prescribe the manner in which notice is to be given of waiver of the right to seek habeas corpus under the simplified procedure under section 14 of and paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act. Rule 6 enables a magistrate to order the committal for return of a person with his consent at any time after his arrest under the simplified procedure and form 2 in the Schedule prescribes a notice of consent for this purpose.