29(1)Section 10 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4) (prosecution right of appeal against grant of bail by magistrates' court) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)After subsection (1) there is inserted—
“(1A)Where a magistrates' court grants bail to a person in connection with extradition proceedings, the prosecution may appeal to the High Court against the granting of bail.”
(3)In subsection (3), after “subsection (1)” there is inserted “ or (1A) ”.
(4)In subsection (4)—
(a)after “subsection (1)” there is inserted “ or (1A) ”;
(b)for “the magistrates' court” there is substituted “ the court which has granted bail ”.
(5)In subsections (5) and (6), for “the magistrates' court” there is substituted “ the court which has granted bail ”.
(6)In subsection (8)—
(a)after “subsection (1)” there is inserted “ or (1A) ”;
(b)“magistrates'” is omitted.
(7)After subsection (11) there is inserted—
“(12)In this section—
“extradition proceedings” means proceedings under the Extradition Act 2003;
“magistrates' court” and “court”, in relation to extradition proceedings, mean a resident magistrate designated in accordance with section 67 or section 139 of the Extradition Act 2003;
“prosecution”, in relation to extradition proceedings, means the person acting on behalf of the territory to which extradition is sought.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 para. 29 in force at 15.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3364, art. 2(e)