European Arrest Warrant Act 2003

Commission of offence outside issuing state.

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44.F153[The surrender of a person to an issuing state under this Act may be refused where] the offence specified in the F154[relevant arrest warrant] issued in respect of him or her was committed or is alleged to have been committed in a place other than the issuing state and the act or omission of which the offence consists does not, by virtue of having been committed in a place other than the State, constitute an offence under the law of the State.

Annotations

Amendments:

F153

Substituted (1.05.2024) by European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Act 2024 (9/2024), s. 28, S.I. No. 180 of 2024, subject to transitional provision in s. 2.

F154

Substituted (30.03.2021) by European Union (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 150 of 2021), reg. 33, in effect as per reg. 1(2).