Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984

1984 c. 47

An Act to make provision for facilitating the transfer between the United Kingdom and places outside the British Isles of persons for the time being detained in prisons, hospitals or other institutions by virtue of orders made in the course of the exercise by courts and tribunals of their criminal jurisdiction.

I1C1C2C3BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—C4

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 9(2); Act wholly in force at 15.4.1985.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(1), Sch. 12 para. 23; S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 it is provided (14.10.1991) that in relation to any time before the commencement of s. 70 of that 1991 Act (which came into force on 1.10.1992 by S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2) references in any enactment amended by that 1991 Act, to youth courts shall be construed as references to juvenile courts.

Act: power to modify conferred (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, s. 42, Sch. 2 para. 11 (with s. 33); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(h)

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Act excluded (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 42(5)(a) (with s. 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2

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Act extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (2.1.2002) by S.I. 2001/3936, art. 2

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Act extended (to certain territories) (with modifications) (13.11.2017) by The Repatriation of Prisoners (Overseas Territories) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/983), art. 3, Sch. 1, Sch. 2