4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister is designated as the competent authority in the State for the purposes of the Framework Decision.

(2) The appropriate court is designated as the competent authority in the State for the purposes of—

(a) Article 14 of the Framework Decision (but excluding any provision of that Article relating to the revocation of the decision on conditional release), and

(b) Article 20 of the Framework Decision in so far as it relates to subsequent decisions referred to in Article 14 of the Framework Decision (but excluding any provision of either Article relating to the revocation of the decision on conditional release).

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, the Minister is not acting in his or her capacity as the competent authority in the State for the purposes of the Framework Decision in performing his or her functions under section 1(2), 5(1) or (3), 6 or 19(2) or (3).