European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Act 2024

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Amendment of section 23 of Act of 2003

16. Section 23 of the Act of 2003 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5):

“(5) The High Court shall, in relation to a person who has been surrendered to an issuing state under this Act, and not later than 30 days after the date of the request being made, consent to the person being surrendered by the issuing state to a Member State pursuant to a relevant arrest warrant issued by a judicial authority in that Member State in respect of an offence, upon receiving a request in writing from the issuing state in that behalf, provided that the offence is not—

(a) an offence for which his or her surrender would be prohibited by virtue of Part 3, or

(b) an offence for which his or her surrender of a person would be refused under Part 3.”,

and

(b) by the repeal of subsection (6).