The Criminal Procedure Rules 2012

Bail pending removal to Republic of Ireland

17.6.—(1) The person taking the recognizance of a person remanded on bail under section 2(1) or 4(3) of the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965(1) shall furnish a copy of the recognizance to the police officer in charge of the police station specified in the recognizance.

(2) The court officer for a magistrates’ court which ordered a person to be surrendered and remanded him on bail shall deliver to, or send by post in a registered letter or by recorded delivery service addressed to, the police officer in charge of the police station specified in the recognizance the warrant ordering the person to be surrendered.

(3) The court officer for a magistrates’ court which refused to order a person to be delivered under section 2 of the 1965 Act but made an order in accordance with section 2A(2) of that Act(2) releasing that person on bail, upon the chief officer of police immediately informing the court that he intended to make an application to the court to state a case for the opinion of the High Court, shall forthwith send a copy of that order to the Administrative Court Office.

[Note. This rule has effect only in proceedings where the request for extradition was received by the relevant authority in the United Kingdom on or before 31st December 2003.]

(1)

1965 c. 45; section 4(3) was amended by section 159(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33). The 1965 Act was repealed by section 218(a) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41).

(2)

1965 c. 45; section 2 was amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 (c. 59), section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36) and sections 159 and 168 of, and Schedule 11 to, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33). The 1965 Act was repealed by section 218(a) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41).