Overview of Parts 1 and 2 of the 2003 Act Part 1 of the 2003 Act
Part 1 enables UK authorities to process and execute incoming warrants from category 1 territories. The procedure under Part 1 can be summarised as follows:
	On receipt of a warrant from a category 1 territory, the designated authority, which is the NCA, must decide whether to issue a certificate. Where the NCA issues a certificate, the person may be arrested pursuant to the warrant.
	Where the person is arrested, the person is brought before a judge as soon as practicable. At the initial hearing, the judge will decide whether the person is the person named in the warrant. In cases where the judge decides that that is the case, the judge must fix a date for the extradition hearing.
	At the extradition hearing, the judge must decide whether the offence described in the warrant is an extradition offence. If the judge is satisfied that it is, he or she must consider whether the person’s extradition is barred by any of the reasons set out in Part 1 of the 2003 Act. If the judge is satisfied that it is not barred, the judge must order extradition.
	Part 1 also provides for a person to be arrested before receipt of a warrant in urgent cases (the relevant law enforcement officer must have reasonable grounds for believing that a warrant has been or will be issued). In such cases, the person must be brought before a judge within 48 hours of the arrest. The warrant, together with the certificate issued in respect of that warrant, must be received by the court within this time, although a further 48 hours may be granted if the judge decides that the requirement to produce the documents within the initial time-period could not reasonably be complied with.