Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act, 2001

Foreign seals.

25.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in subsection (3) of section 21 of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) with the consent of the requested country signified under the seal of a minister of state, ministry or department of state of that country or such other person as performs in that country functions the same as or similar to those performed by the Minister under this Act, as may be appropriate, which seal shall be judicially noticed, or”,

and

(b) the substitution in paragraph (a) of section 39(2) of “a minister of state, ministry or department of state of that country or such other person as performs in that country functions the same as or similar to those performed by the Minister under this Act, as may be appropriate,” for “minister of state of that country”.