{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-enforcement-and-security-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-98",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-enforcement-and-security-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-98.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/742",
  "legislation_title": "The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-enforcement-and-security-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/98",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "98",
  "heading": "Certain mutual legal assistance requests from Iceland",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where, before commencement day, by virtue of an agreement with the competent authority of Iceland—\n(a) a person has been transferred to that country from the United Kingdom pursuant to a warrant issued under section 47 of the 2003 Act (transfer of UK prisoner to assist investigation abroad) , or\n(b) a person has been transferred from that country to the United Kingdom pursuant to a warrant issued under section 48 of the 2003 Act (transfer of EU etc prisoner to assist UK investigation) .\n(2) The provisions of the 2003 Act mentioned in paragraph (1) continue to have effect in relation to the person as if Iceland continued to be a participating country within the meaning of the 2003 Act.\n(3) Paragraph (4) applies where, before commencement day, a request under section 31 of the 2003 Act (hearing witnesses in the UK by telephone) is received from an authority in Iceland.\n(4) Section 31 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 2 to, the 2003 Act (evidence given by telephone link) continue to have effect in relation to the request as if Iceland continued to be a participating country within the meaning of the 2003 Act.\n(5) See Article 50(1) of the EEA EFTA separation agreement and sections 7B and 7C of the Withdrawal Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 98(5) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Separation Issues etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1408), regs. 1, 22"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 47 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32) was amended by paragraph 237 of Schedule 16 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Section 48 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 was amended by paragraph 52 of Part 2 of Schedule 26 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 98 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/742/regulation/98",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:42:35.567147+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."
}