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Article 23 Warrants of arrest

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(1)

For the purposes of any enactment or rule of law relating to warrants of arrest but subject to any other provisions of this Order—

(a)

a warrant endorsed in accordance with article 4,

(b)

a provisional warrant issued under article 5, and

(c)

a warrant issued under article 9 or 12,

in any part of the United Kingdom shall be treated as if it were a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with an offence committed in that part.

(2)

A warrant mentioned in paragraph (1) may be executed in any part of the United Kingdom and may be so executed by any constable.

(3)

A person arrested under a warrant mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to continue in legal custody until, in accordance with this Order, he is brought before a competent court or, in the case of a warrant issued under article 12, an officer in charge of a police station; and article 25 shall accordingly apply in relation to that person as it applies in relation to a person in respect of whom a delivery order or transfer warrant is in force.