Police and Justice Act 2006

Issue of Part 3 warrant: domestic warrant issued at common law by judge in Northern Ireland

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22For subsection (8) of section 142 there is substituted—

(8)A domestic warrant is a warrant for the arrest or apprehension of a person which is issued under any of the provisions referred to in subsection (8A), or at common law by a Crown Court judge in Northern Ireland.

(8A)The provisions are—

(a)section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967;

(b)section 7 of the Bail Act 1976;

(c)section 51 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978;

(d)section 1 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980;

(e)Article 20 or 25 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26));

(f)the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.