Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Act 2020

Decision of executing State to monitor supervision decision

16. (1) Subject to section 15 , where the Central Authority is informed by the competent authority in the executing State that it will agree to monitor the supervision decision, the Central Authority shall inform the following persons both of that agreement and of the name of the authority in the executing State to whom the supervised person should report as soon as is practicable after his or her arrival in the executing State:

(a) the court;

(b) the prosecutor;

(c) the governor of the prison (if any) to which the supervised person is remanded;

(d) the supervised person.

(2) Where subsection (1) applies, the court or the governor of the prison (if any) to which the supervised person is remanded, as appropriate, shall—

(a) where the relevant recognisance has not already been taken, arrange for the taking of the relevant recognisance from the supervised person and, as soon as is practicable after that action is taken, cause the Central Authority to be informed of that matter, and

(b) where the supervised person is in custody, arrange for the subsequent release of the supervised person from custody and, as soon as is practicable after such release, cause the Central Authority to be informed of that matter.

(3) The Central Authority shall, as soon as is practicable after the supervision decision comes into effect pursuant to section 11 (7), inform the competent authority in the executing State of that matter and the date on which the supervision decision came into effect.

(4) The monitoring of the supervision decision shall be subject to the law of the executing State for so long as the supervision decision remains in force.