PART 1Security

Extradition

I111Member States to remain category 1 territories

1

In the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1 Territories) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3333) after Article 1 insert—

1A

The following territories are designated for the purposes of Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003—

  • Austria,

  • Belgium,

  • Bulgaria,

  • Croatia,

  • Cyprus,

  • Czech Republic,

  • Denmark,

  • Estonia,

  • Finland,

  • France,

  • Germany,

  • Greece,

  • Hungary,

  • Ireland,

  • Italy,

  • Latvia,

  • Lithuania,

  • Luxembourg,

  • Malta,

  • The Netherlands,

  • Poland,

  • Portugal,

  • Romania,

  • Slovakia,

  • Slovenia,

  • Spain,

  • Sweden.

2

In Article 2(2) and Article 3(2) of the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3334) omit the entry for each territory that is designated for the purposes of Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 by reason of subsection (1) of this section.

I212Dual criminality

1

The Extradition Act 2003 is amended as follows.

2

In section 64 (extradition offence: persons not sentenced for offence)—

a

in subsection (2), for “, (4) or (5)” substitute “ or (4) ”, and

b

omit subsection (5).

3

In section 65 (extradition offence: persons sentenced for offence)—

a

in subsection (2), for “, (4) or (5)” substitute “ or (4) ”, and

b

omit subsection (5).

4

In section 142 (issue of Part 3 warrant)—

a

in subsection (6)(a), for “European framework” substitute “ Trade and Cooperation Agreement ”, and

b

in subsection (7), in the words before paragraph (a), for “European framework” substitute “ Trade and Cooperation Agreement ”.

5

In section 215 (European framework list)—

a

in the heading, for “European framework” substitute “ Trade and Cooperation Agreement ”, and

b

in subsection (1), for “European framework” substitute “ Trade and Cooperation Agreement ”.

6

In Schedule 2 (European framework list)—

a

in the heading, for “European framework” substitute “ Trade and Cooperation Agreement ”,

b

in paragraph 7, after “Corruption” insert “ , including bribery ”, and

c

in paragraph 31, for “aircraft/ships” substitute “ aircraft/ships/spacecraft ”.

I313Category 1 territories not applying Trade and Cooperation Agreement to old cases

1

Section 155A of the Extradition Act 2003 (category 1 territories not applying framework decision to old cases) is amended as follows.

2

In the heading, for “framework decision” substitute “ Trade and Cooperation Agreement ”.

3

In subsection (1)—

a

for “European extradition requests” substitute “ requests for extradition made by the United Kingdom ”, and

b

for “the European framework decision” substitute “ Title VII of Part 3 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement ”.

4

In subsection (4)—

a

omit the definitions of “European extradition request” and “European framework decision”, and

b

at the end insert—

“the Trade and Cooperation Agreement” has the same meaning as in the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (see section 37 of that Act).