Extradition Act 2003

101 Making of order for extradition or discharge

(1) An order to which this section applies must be made under the hand of one of these—

(a) the Secretary of State;

(b) a Minister of State;

(c) a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State;

(d) a senior official.

(2) But, in relation to Scotland, an order to which this section applies must be made under the hand of one of these—

(a) a member of the Scottish Executive or a junior Scottish Minister;

(b) a senior official who is a member of the staff of the Scottish Administration.

(3) This section applies to—

(a) an order under section 93 for a person’s extradition;

(b) an order under section 93 or 123 for a person’s discharge.

(4) A senior official is—

(a) a member of the Senior Civil Service;

(b) a member of the Senior Management Structure of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service.

(5) If it appears to the Secretary of State that it is necessary to do so in consequence of any changes to the structure or grading of the home civil service or diplomatic service, he may by order make such amendments to subsection (4) as appear to him appropriate to preserve (so far as practicable) the effect of that subsection.