Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023

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Consent of Minister to partial recognition and enforcement by executing state

20. (1) Where a judgment has been forwarded to an executing state, the Minister may, upon request of the competent authority of the executing state, give his or her consent to the recognition of the judgment and enforcement of the sentence in part by that state.

(2) The Minister may not give his or her consent under subsection (1) where to do so aggravates the duration of the sentence.