A warrant issued in England, Wales or Northern Ireland for the arrest of a person charged with an offence may (without any endorsement) be executed in Scotland by any constable of any police force of the country of issue or of the country of execution or by a constable appointed under section 24 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 or under section 55 of the Energy Act 2004 as well as by any other persons within the directions in the warrant.
A warrant issued in—
for the arrest of a person charged with an offence may (without any endorsement) be executed in England or Wales by any constable of any police force of the country of issue or of the country of execution or by a constable appointed under section 24 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 or under section 55 of the Energy Act 2004 as well as by any other persons within the directions in the warrant.
A warrant issued in—
for the arrest of a person charged with an offence may (without any endorsement) be executed in Northern Ireland by any constable of any police force of the country of issue or of the country of execution as well as by any other persons within the directions in the warrant.
A person arrested in pursuance of a warrant shall be taken, as soon as reasonably practicable, to any place to which he is committed by, or may be conveyed under, the warrant.
The following provisions apply in relation to the execution under this section by a constable of a warrant issued in England and Wales or Northern Ireland—
Where, under subsection (2)(a) or (3)(b), a constable executes a warrant issued in Scotland, any enactment or rule of law which concerns—
applies in relation to the arrest (subject to the modifications set out in section 137ZA) as though the warrant had been executed in Scotland and, if the constable who executed it is not a constable of a police force in Scotland, as though the constable were.
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Any other person within the directions in a warrant executing that warrant under this section shall have the same powers and duties, and the person arrested the same rights, as they would have had if execution had been in the country of issue by the person within those directions.
This section applies as respects—
This section applies as respects a warrant issued under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 4 to the Sentencing Code (warrant for arrest of offender referred back to court by youth offender panel) or under Schedule 7 to that Code (youth rehabilitation orders: breach etc.) as it applies to a warrant issued in England or Wales for the arrest of a person charged with an offence.
In this section “judicial authority” means any justice of the peace or the judge of any court exercising jurisdiction in criminal proceedings; and any reference to a part of the United Kingdom in which a warrant may be executed includes a reference to the adjacent sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea.
Powers under this section and sections 137 to 139 may be exercised by an officer of Revenue and Customs in accordance with section 87 of the Finance Act 2007.