Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 223(5) of the Extradition Act 2003, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
2003 No.
EXTRADITION
Extradition Act 2003 (Part 3 Designation) Order 2003
Made 2003
Coming into force 1st January 2004

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by each House of Parliament;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 142(9) of the Extradition Act 2003, hereby makes the following Order:
2003 c. 41.

1 This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Part 3 Designation) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004.
2 1 A person of a description specified in paragraph (2) is an appropriate person for the purposes of section 142 of the Extradition Act 2003.
2 Those persons are—
(a) any Inland Revenue officer, of grade B1 or above, attached to the Inland Revenue Extradition Group;
(b) any member of the Serious Fraud Office designated by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office under section 1(7) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987;
1987 c. 38.
(c) the Director of Public Prosecutions, any Crown Prosecutor and any counsel or solicitor instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service for the purposes of the case concerned;
(d) the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Home Office 2003

(This note is not part of the Order)
Part 3 of the Extradition Act 2003 sets out the procedures for making outgoing extradition requests from the United Kingdom. A Part 3 warrant is an extradition request made to a category 1 territory. Section 142 allows a judge to issue a Part 3 warrant on application by a constable or an appropriate person. Article 2 specifies descriptions of persons who are “appropriate persons” for these purposes.