S.L. 276.5 Art. 2Definitions.

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Arrangement" means the Council Framework Decision of the 13th June, 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States done at Luxembourg on the 13th June, 2002, adopted pursuant to Title VI of the Treaty, the terms of which are set out in the relative arrangement published in the Government Gazette dated the 1st June, 2004, as amended by Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA of the 26th February, 2009; "the extradition hearing" is the hearing in which the court is to decide whether a person in respect of whom a warrant as is referred to in article 5(2) was issued is to be returned to the scheduled country in which the warrant was issued;

"the Minister" means the Minister responsible for justice; "Part II warrant" means a warrant referred to in article 5; "Part III warrant" means a warrant referred to in article 62; "the relevant Act" means the Extradition Act;

"the relevant date" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 1;

"relevant arrest warrant for prosecution" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 5(3) or article 5A(1);

"relevant arrest warrant after conviction" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 5(6) or article 5A(2);

"requesting country" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 6;

"scheduled conduct" is a conduct in the list of conduct set out in Schedule 2; "scheduled country" means a country listed in Schedule 1;

"Schengen Information System" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by the Criminal Code;

"Trade and Cooperation Agreement" means the Trade and Cooperation Agreement signed on 30 December 2020 between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and presented to the House on the 3rd May 2021;

"the Treaty" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by the European Union Act.