The Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020

Made: 30th December 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 2(4) and (5) of the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020[^f00001].

Citation

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020.

Commencement

2

• (1) The following provisions of the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020 come into force on IP completion day[^f00002]—

• (a) section 1 (power of arrest for extradition purposes);

• (b) the Schedule (power of arrest for extradition purposes) except for paragraph 4.

• (2) So far as it applies to Norway and Iceland, paragraph 4 of the Schedule to that Act comes into force immediately after IP completion day.

Signed

James Brokenshire — Minister of State — Home Office — 30th December 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations commence the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020 (c. 18) (“the Act”), other than section 2 which commenced upon Royal Assent. Regulation 2 brings section 1 of the Act and its Schedule (power of arrest for extradition purposes) into force on IP completion day, save for paragraph 4 of the Schedule which is brought into force (so far as it applies to Norway and Iceland only) immediately after IP completion day.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2020 c. 18.

[^f00002]: “IP completion day” is defined in section 39 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1).