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I2Part 3Extradition to the United Kingdom

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Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))

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Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))

153BF1Return of person in pursuance of undertaking

1

This section applies if—

a

an undertaking is given under section 153A(2) as to the return of a person to a territory;

b

the person is returned to the territory in pursuance of the undertaking;

c

the person is returned to the United Kingdom to serve the remainder of any sentence imposed in the United Kingdom or the person otherwise returns to the United Kingdom.

2

Time during which the person was outside the United Kingdom as a result of the undertaking given under section 153A(2) does not count as time served by the person as part of the sentence.

3

If the person is not entitled to be released from detention pursuant to the sentence—

a

the person is liable to be detained in pursuance of the sentence, and

b

if at large, the person must be treated as being unlawfully at large.

4

If the person is entitled to be released from detention on licence pursuant to the sentence—

a

if the person was released on licence at the time of return to the territory, the licence is suspended until the person's return to the United Kingdom;

b

if the person was not released on licence at that time, subsections (5) to (8) apply in relation to the person (“the offender”).

5

The offender is liable to be detained, on return to the United Kingdom, in any place in which the offender could have been detained pursuant to the sentence before the time of return to the territory.

6

A constable or immigration officer may—

a

take the offender into custody, and

b

convey the offender to the place mentioned in subsection (5).

7

The offender must be released on licence within the period of 5 days beginning when the offender is taken (or retaken) into custody under this section.

8

In calculating a period of 5 days for the purposes of subsection (7) no account is to be taken of any day mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 59(10).

9

The powers conferred on a constable by subsection (6) are exercisable in any part of the United Kingdom.

10

For the purposes of this section—

a

a person is entitled to be released from detention if there is—

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ii

a duty to release the person under F4Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 F3...,

iii

a duty to release the person under section 1, 1AA F5, 1AB or 7(1) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 or section 5, 11(2), 13, 19 or 23 of the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007, or

iv

a duty to release the person under section 1 of the Northern Ireland (Remission of Sentences) Act 1995, Article 26 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 or Article 17 F6, 18(8) or 20A(8) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008;

b

an immigration officer is a person who is an immigration officer within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971.