Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

Restricted transfers: generalU.K.

7(1)Where—U.K.

(a)a person’s transfer under paragraph 1, 2 or 3 above; or

(b)a transfer under paragraph 4 above of a person’s supervision,

is a restricted transfer, that person or, as the case may be, his supervision may by order be transferred back to the country or island from which he or it was transferred.

[F1(1A)An order for the transfer of a person or a person’s supervision back to the country from which he or it was transferred shall be made by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland if the transfer of the person or, as the case may be, the transfer of his supervision was the subject of an order or direction made by the Department of Justice.]

(2)Where a person’s transfer under paragraph 1 or 2 above is a restricted transfer, that person shall while in the country or territory to which he is transferred be kept in custody except in so far as the Secretary of State may in any case or class of case otherwise direct.

[F2(2A)Where a transfer under paragraph 1 or 2 is the subject of an order made by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, any reference in sub-paragraph (2) to the Secretary of State must be read as a reference to the Department of Justice.]