The United Nations (International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals) Order 2018

Discharge of persons not delivered up

13.—(1) Where the Mechanism informs the Secretary of State that a person arrested (“P”) in pursuance of this Order is no longer required to be delivered up into its custody or, as the case may be, into the custody of a state for the purposes of undergoing trial or imprisonment there—

(a) the Secretary of State must notify an appropriate judicial officer; and

(b) the appropriate judicial officer must make an order for the discharge of P.

(2) If a person (“Q”) in respect of whom a delivery order has been made is not delivered up under the order within 40 days after it was made, a superior court exercising jurisdiction in the part of the United Kingdom in which it was made, upon application by or on behalf of Q, may order Q to be discharged unless reasonable cause is shown for the delay.

(3) In paragraph (2), “superior court” means the High Court or, in Scotland, the High Court of Justiciary.

(4) The Secretary of State must revoke a transfer warrant or delivery order if, before it has been executed, the Secretary of State is informed that the Mechanism no longer requires the attendance of the prisoner to whom the warrant or order relates.

(5) In the application of this Article to Scotland, the following modifications have effect—

(a) paragraphs (1) and (4) are omitted;

(b) where the Mechanism informs the Secretary of State that a person arrested (“R”) in pursuance of this Order is no longer required to be delivered up into its custody or, as the case may be, into the custody of a state for the purposes of undergoing trial or imprisonment there—

(i) the Secretary of State must notify the Lord Advocate;

(ii) the Lord Advocate must notify an appropriate judicial officer; and

(iii) the appropriate judicial officer must make an order for the discharge of R;

(c) the Scottish Ministers must revoke a transfer warrant or delivery order if, before it has been executed, the Scottish Ministers are informed that the Mechanism no longer requires the attendance of the prisoner to whom the warrant or order relates.