Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023

Amendment of section 7 of Act of 1995

61. Section 7 of the Act of 1995 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “the continued enforcement of the sentence (in its legal nature and duration) and the issue of a warrant under subsection (2)” for “the issue of a warrant authorising the bringing of the sentenced person concerned into the State from a place outside the State and the taking of the person to, and his or her detention in custody at, such place or places in the State as may be specified in the warrant”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “for the purpose of enforcement of the sentence issue a warrant authorising the bringing of the sentenced person into the State and the taking of the person to, and his or her detention in, a place of detention to await the making of a committal order” for “issue a warrant authorising the bringing of the sentenced person into the State and the taking of the person to, and his or her detention in custody at, such place or places in the State as are specified in the warrant”,

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) Where the High Court issues a warrant under subsection (2), the court shall take all such measures as are necessary to enforce the sentence and, in particular, may make an order under section 7C(3) or (5), or both adapting the sentence.”,

and

(d) by the repeal of subsections (4) to (10).