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Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 3335The Extradition Act 2003 (Part 3 Designation) Order 2003(The document as of February, 2008. Arhiv.Online Library) STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS2003 No. 3335EXTRADITIONThe Extradition Act 2003 (Part 3 Designation) Order 2003
Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by each House of Parliament; Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 142(9) of the Extradition Act 2003[1], hereby makes the following Order: 1.This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Part 3 Designation) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004. 2. - (1) A person of a description specified in paragraph (2) is an appropriate person for the purposes of section 142 of the Extradition Act 2003. (2) Those persons are -
(b) any member of the Serious Fraud Office designated by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office under section 1(7) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987[2]; (c) the Director of Public Prosecutions, any Crown Prosecutor and any counsel or solicitor instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service for the purposes of the case concerned; (d) the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
(This note is not part of the Order) Part 3 of the Extradition Act 2003 sets out the procedures for making outgoing extradition requests from the United Kingdom. A Part 3 warrant is an extradition request made to a category 1 territory. Section 142 allows a judge to issue a Part 3 warrant on application by a constable or an appropriate person. Article 2 specifies descriptions of persons who are "appropriate persons" for these purposes. Notes: [1] 2003 c. 41.back [2] 1987 c. 38.back ISBN 0 11 048378 2 -- Back--
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