Extradition Act 2003
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| Long title | An Act to make provision about extradition. |
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| Citation | 2003 c. 41 |
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| Royal assent | 20 November 2003 |
| Commencement | 1 January 2004 |
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Status: Current legislation
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| Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard, at TheyWorkForYou | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Extradition Act 2003 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database | |
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A map of countries with whom the UK has extradition treaties. The UK is in green, category 1 countries are in blue, and category 2 countries are in red
The Extradition Act 2003 (c.41) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which regulates extradition requests by and to the United Kingdom. The Act came into force on 1 January 2004. It transposed the European Arrest Warrant framework decision into British law and implemented the UK side of the controversial UK—US extradition treaty of 2003 before the treaty came into force in April 2007 after being ratified by the US Senate in 2006.[1][2]
Provisions
The Act is divided into five parts.
- Parts 1 and 2 deal with "category 1" and "category 2" territories respectively. While it is not mentioned in the Act, category 1 territories are all other member states of the European Union and Part 1 of the Act is the United Kingdom's implementation of the European Arrest Warrant framework decision. Part 2 of the Act is concerned with extradition to all other countries which have an extradition treaty with the United Kingdom.
- Part 3 deals with issuing European Arrest Warrants and extradition warrants.
- Part 4 regulates powers of arrest, search and seizure regarding individuals subject to European Arrest Warrants and extradition warrants.
- Part 5 contains miscellaneous provisions including extradition to and from British overseas territories.
References
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- cps.gov.uk - the Crown Prosecution Service guidelines on extradition to Category 2 territories
