Paragraph 4 I1

United Kingdom

(1)

Amend section 4 (temporary return) as follows.

(2)

In subsection (5) (meaning of “relevant Minister”)—

(a)

omit “and” at the end of paragraph (a); and

(b)

after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)
the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland in a case where the prisoner is a person who is either—

(i)
detained in Northern Ireland and the transfers are for the purpose of a temporary return of the prisoner to a country or territory outside the British Islands from which he has previously been transferred into Northern Ireland under this Act or any other enactment; or

(ii)
detained in a country or territory outside the British Islands to which he has previously been transferred from Northern Ireland under this Act; and”.

(3)

After subsection (6) insert—

“(7)
Any reference in subsection (5)(aa) to the prisoner having previously been transferred into or from Northern Ireland includes a reference to responsibility for his detention and release having previously been transferred to or from the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland (as the case may be).”

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 8 para. 4 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)