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

Forwarding of supervision decision to competent authority in executing State

14. (1) On receipt of a supervision decision, the Central Authority shall forward the decision, or a certified copy thereof, to the competent authority in the other Member State concerned.

(2) Where the Central Authority forwards the supervision decision under subsection (1) to the competent authority in the executing State, he or she shall—

(a) forward with it an Article 10 certificate, and

(b) where the official language of the executing State is not English, forward a translation of the Article 10 certificate into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing State, unless the Central Authority knows that such a translation is not required by the competent authority in that state.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if the competent authority in the executing State to which the supervision decision has been forwarded under subsection (1) makes a request to the Central Authority to be provided with the original supervision decision or a certified copy thereof.

(4) (a) The Central Authority shall comply with a request under subsection (3) as soon as is practicable.

(b) For the purposes of such compliance, the Central Authority may request the registrar or clerk of the court which made the supervision decision to provide the Central Authority with the original supervision decision or a certified copy thereof.

(5) The registrar or clerk of the court concerned the subject of a request under subsection (4)(b) shall comply with the request as soon as is practicable after he or she receives it.

(6) Subsection (7) applies if the competent authority in the executing State to which the Article 10 certificate has been forwarded under this section makes a request to the Central Authority to be provided with the original Article 10 certificate.

(7) The Central Authority shall comply with a request under subsection (6) as soon as is practicable after he or she receives it.