Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (c. 47)

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11(1)Section 1 (issue of warrant for transfer) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsections (2) and (3) for “warrant under this Act” substitute “warrant under this section”.

(3)In subsection (4)—

(a)for “warrant under this Act” (in both places) substitute “warrant under this section”;

(b)in paragraph (b) omit the words “under this Act”.

(4)In subsection (5) (as it applies in cases in which the relevant Minister is the Scottish Ministers and in cases in which the relevant Minister is the Secretary of State) for “warrant under this Act” substitute “warrant under this section”.

(5)In subsection (6) after “warrant” (in the first place it appears) insert “under this section”.

(6)In subsection (7)(b) after “under” insert “any of”.

(7)In subsection (8)—

(a)after “similar to” insert “any of”;

(b)after “respect to” insert

(a)”; and

(c)at the end insert ; or

(b)the transfer between different countries and territories (or different parts of a country or territory) of responsibility for the detention and release of persons who are required to be so detained in one of those countries or territories (or parts of a country or territory) but are present in the other country or territory (or part of a country or territory).