# The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010, Paragraph 4

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/976/schedule/8/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998-devolution-of-policing-and-justice-functions-order-2010/schedule-8/paragraph-4
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