Section 204: Warrant issued by category 1 territory: transmission by other electronic means

Extradition Act 2003 · 2003 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 5: Miscellaneous and general

This section applies if—

an arrest warrant is issued by an authority of a category 1 territory ...,
the information contained in the warrant is transmitted to the designated authority by electronic means, and
that information is received by the designated authority in a form in which it is intelligible and which is capable of being used for subsequent reference.

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The reference in section 2(2) to an arrest warrant issued by a judicial authority of a category 1 territory is to be read as if it were a reference to the information received by the designated authority.

The references in section 63(1) to an arrest warrant are to be read as if they were references to the information received by the designated authority.

For the purposes of subsection (1) —

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information contained in the warrant is treated as being received by the designated authority in a form in which it is intelligible if the authority receives—
a summary of that information in English, and
the text of the warrant itself,

in a form in which it is legible.

For the purposes of this section—

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references to information being transmitted by electronic means do not include facsimile transmission, ...
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