European Arrest Warrant Act 2003

Corresponding offences.

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F16[5.—For the purposes of this Act, an offence specified in a F17[relevant arrest warrant] corresponds to an offence under the law of the State, where the act or omission that constitutes the offence so specified would, if committed in the State on the date on which the F17[relevant arrest warrant] is issued, constitute an offence under the law of the State.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F16

Substituted (8.03.2005) by Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (2/2005), s. 5, commenced on enactment, subject to transitional provision in s. 68.

F17

Substituted (30.03.2021) by European Union (European Arrest Warrant Act 2003) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 150 of 2021), reg. 6, in effect as per reg. 1(2).