When is the deadline for representations to the secretary of state against extradition?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from The appropriate day, as defined by s.102 (usually the day the judge sends the case to the Secretary of State). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- The appropriate day, as defined by s.102 (usually the day the judge sends the case to the Secretary of State)
- Counting
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- This is a SOFT cut-off, and the distinction matters. The statute says only that the Secretary of State 'is not required to consider' late representations. It does not prohibit their consideration, and it imposes no sanction on the person. Late representations may still be considered as a matter of discretion. Where the person has consented under s.127, s.93(7) removes the obligation to wait out the period at all.
- Expressed as '4 weeks', not '28 days'. The statutory wording is weeks; 28 days is the arithmetic equivalent. Substituted from '6 weeks' to '4 weeks' on 15.1.2007 by the Police and Justice Act 2006, Sch.13 para.18(2). The 'appropriate day' under s.102 is not always the day the case is sent: it shifts where the person is charged in the UK, where a decision is deferred, or where c