{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003/section-197A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003/section-197A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/41",
  "legislation_title": "Extradition Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003",
  "path": "section/197A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "197A",
  "heading": "Extradition of serving prisoner",
  "text": "If an order is made under Part 1 or 2 for the extradition of a person who is in custody serving a sentence of imprisonment or another form of detention in the United Kingdom, the order is sufficient authority for the person to be removed from the prison or other institution where he is detained.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 197A inserted (15.1.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 42, 53, Sch. 13 para. 25; S.I. 2006/3364, art. 2(d)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 197A inserted (25.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 71(9), 116; S.I. 2009/3096, art. 3(n) (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/41/section/197A",
    "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."
}