{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-1989-repealed/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-1989-repealed/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/33",
  "legislation_title": "Extradition Act 1989 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-1989-repealed",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Form of warrants and orders.",
  "text": "(1) Any warrant or order to be issued or made by the Secretary of State under this Act shall be given under the hand of the Secretary of State, a Minister of State or an Under-Secretary of State.\n(1A) Any warrant or order to be issued or made by the Scottish Ministers under this Act shall be given under the hand of a member of the Scottish Executive.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument prescribe the form of any document required for the purposes of this Act in its application to return to foreign states (except a notice under section 14 above) and the form of any warrant or order to be issued or made under this Act in its application to return to Commonwealth countries , colonies and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 28(1A) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 6(1), Sch. 5 para. 9(14) (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 28(2) substituted (1.7.1997) by S.I. 1997/1178, art. 2, Sch. para. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 28 extended (British Antarctic Territory) (with modifications) (6.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1300, art. 2, Sch.S. 28 extended (16.8.2002) (with modifications) by The Extradition (Overseas Territories) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1823), art. 2, Schs. 1-4 (as amended (16.8.2002) by S.I. 2002/1825, art. 2, Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/33/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:45:55.996120+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}