European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Act 2024
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Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2003 | ||
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3. Section 2(1) of the Act of 2003 is amended— | ||
(a) by the deletion of the definition of “Council Decision”, | ||
(b) in the definition of “Schengen Convention”, by the substitution of “SIS Regulation” for “Council Decision”, | ||
(c) in the definition of “SIS”, by the substitution of “SIS Regulation” for “Council Decision”, and | ||
(d) by the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘flag’ means the addition to an alert by the SIRENE Bureau of a Member State, the Republic of Iceland or the Kingdom of Norway, pertaining to a European arrest warrant, to the effect that an action to be taken on the basis of the alert in accordance with Article 24 or 25 of the SIS Regulation will not be taken in the State; | ||
‘remand centre’ has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the Children Act 2001 ; | ||
‘SIRENE Bureau’, in relation to a Member State, the Republic of Iceland or the Kingdom of Norway, means the authority designated by the Member State, the Republic of Iceland or the Kingdom of Norway, as the case may be, in accordance with Article 7 of the SIS Regulation to perform the functions referred to in that Article; | ||
‘SIS Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 20183 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending and repealing Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 20194 , Regulation (EU) 2021/1133 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 20215 , Regulation (EU) 2021/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 20216 and Regulation (EU) 2022/1190 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 20227 ;”. | ||
3 OJ No. L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 56 4 OJ No. L 135, 22.5.2019, p. 85 5 OJ No. L 248, 13.7.2021, p. 1 |