131 Transit of prisoners
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131  Transit of prisoners

(1)     In the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984, after section 6 insert—

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(1)     The relevant Minister may issue a transit order where—

(a)     the United Kingdom is a party to international arrangements providing for the transfer between the United Kingdom and a country or territory outside the British Islands of persons to whom subsection (2) applies; and

(b)     the relevant Minister has received a request from the appropriate authority of that country or territory in accordance with those arrangements for the transit of a person to whom subsection (2) applies through a part of Great Britain.

(2)     A person falls within this subsection if—

(a)     that person is for the time being required to be detained in a prison, a hospital or any other institution either—

(i)     by virtue of an order made in the course of the exercise by a court or tribunal in a country or territory outside the British Islands of its criminal jurisdiction; or

(ii)     by virtue of any provisions of the law of such a country or territory which are similar to any of the provisions of this Act; and

(b)     except in a case where a transit

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