The Schedule: Power of arrest for extradition purposes Part 1 – Main Amendments to the Extradition Act 2003 Section 74A
Subsection (1) provides constables, customs officers and service police officers with a power to arrest a person on the basis that a certificate has been issued in respect of the person under the procedure in new section 74B. This obviates the need to first obtain a warrant of arrest from a UK court. Whereas a constable or customs officer may exercise this power in any part of the United Kingdom, a service police officer may exercise the power anywhere, but only in relation to a person who is subject to service law or is a civilian subject to service discipline (subsections (5) to (6)).
	Under subsection (2), the person must be given a copy of the certificate as soon as practicable after their arrest. If this requirement is not met and the person applies to the judge, new section 74D(10)(a)(i) provides that the judge may order the person’s discharge.
	Subsection (3) requires any person arrested under this section to be brought, as soon as practicable after arrest, before the appropriate judge. The ‘appropriate judge’ is defined in section 139 of the 2003 Act and varies according to the different jurisdictions of the UK. If the requirement in subsection (3) is not met and the person applies to the judge, new section 74D(10)(b)(ii) provides that the judge must order the person’s discharge.
	Subsection (7) prohibits a person from being arrested more than once on the basis of the same certificate.