{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003/section-170",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003/section-170.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/41",
  "legislation_title": "Extradition Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003",
  "path": "section/170",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "170",
  "heading": "Evidence of identity: Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/ 1341 (N.I. 12)) is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 55A (searches and examination to ascertain identity) at the end insert—\n“(13) Nothing in this Article applies to a person arrested under an extradition arrest power.”\n(3) In Article 61 (fingerprinting) at the end insert—\n“(10) Nothing in this Article applies to a person arrested under an extradition arrest power.”\n(4) In Article 63 (non-intimate samples) at the end insert—\n“(12) Nothing in this Article applies to a person arrested under an extradition arrest power.”\n(5) In Article 64A (photographing of suspects etc.) at the end insert—\n“(7) Nothing in this Article applies to a person arrested under an extradition arrest power.”\n(6) In Article 53 (interpretation) after the definition of “drug trafficking” and “drug trafficking offence” insert—\n““extradition arrest power” means any of the following—\n(a) a Part 1 warrant (within the meaning given by the Extradition Act 2003) in respect of which a certificate under section 2 of that Act has been issued;\n(b) section 5 of that Act;\n(c) a warrant issued under section 71 of that Act;\n(d) a provisional warrant (within the meaning given by that Act).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/41/section/170",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:50.673746+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."
}