SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20Extradition

Part 2Human rights issues

Transitional provision and saving

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1

In a case where a request for a person's extradition has been issued before the time when the amendments made by this Part of this Schedule come into force, those amendments apply to the extradition concerned only if—

a

the person concerned has not made any human rights representations to the Secretary of State during the relevant period, or

b

the person concerned has made such representations during that period and the Secretary of State has finished considering them by the end of that period.

2

For that purpose—

  • “human rights representations” means representations that the extradition would not be compatible with the Convention rights within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998;

  • “relevant period” means the period that—

    1. a

      begins when the Secretary of State issues a certificate under section 70 of the Extradition Act 2003 in relation to the extradition, and

    2. b

      ends when the amendments made by this Part of this Schedule come into force;

  • “request for a person's extradition” has the same meaning as in the Extradition Act 2003.