# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 50.1: When this Part applies

Extent: E+W

(1) This Part applies to extradition under Part 1 or Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003.
(2) Section 2 of this Part applies to proceedings in a magistrates’ court, and in that Section—
(a) rules 50.3 to 50.7, 50.15 and 50.16 apply to extradition under Part 1 of the Act; and
(b) rules 50.3, 50.4 and 50.8 to 50.16 apply to extradition under Part 2 of the Act.
(3) Section 3 of this Part applies where—
(a) a party wants to appeal to the High Court against an order by the magistrates’ court or by the Secretary of State; and
(b) a party to an appeal to the High Court wants to appeal further to the Supreme Court under—
(i) section 32 of the Act (appeal under Part 1 of the Act), or
(ii) section 114 of the Act (appeal under Part 2 of the Act).
(4) Section 4 of this Part applies to proceedings in a magistrates’ court under—
(a) sections 54 and 55 of the Act (Request for consent to other offence being dealt with; Questions for decision at consent hearing); and
(b) sections 56 and 57 of the Act (Request for consent to further extradition to category 1 territory; Questions for decision at consent hearing).
(5) In this Part, and for the purposes of this Part in other rules—
(a) ‘magistrates’ court’ means a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) exercising the powers to which Section 2 of this Part applies;
(b) ‘presenting officer’ means an officer of the National Crime Agency, a police officer, a prosecutor or other person representing an authority or territory seeking the extradition of a defendant; and
(c) ‘defendant’ means a person arrested under Part 1 or Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003.
[Note. The Extradition Act 2003 provides for the extradition of a person accused or convicted of a crime to the territory within which that person is accused, was convicted or is to serve a sentence.
Under Part 1 of the Act (sections 1 to 68), the magistrates’ court may give effect to a warrant for arrest issued by an authority in a territory designated for the purposes of that Part.
Under Part 2 of the Act (sections 69 to 141), the magistrates’ court and the Secretary of State may give effect to a request for extradition made under a treaty between the United Kingdom and the requesting territory.
Under sections 67 and 139 of the Extradition Act 2003, a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) must be designated for the purposes of the Act to exercise the powers to which Section 2 of this Part applies.
There are rights of appeal to the High Court from decisions of the magistrates’ court and of the Secretary of State: see Section 3 of this Part.]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/50.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-50.1
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