Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1975

Application of the Extradition Act, 1965, to persons arrested under this Act.

5.—Any person arrested under section 4 (1) or 4(2) of this Act shall—

(a) if the aircraft concerned is registered in a State to which Part II of the Act of 1965 applies and (in the case of a citizen of Ireland) the extradition of the person is not prohibited by section 14 of that Act, be deemed to have been arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under section 27 of that Act, and

(b) if the aircraft concerned is registered in a place to which Part III of that Act applies, be deemed to have been arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under section 49 of that Act,

and section 15 of the Act of 1965 shall not apply in relation to the extradition of a person to whom this section applies.