Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

The amendment amends section 63 by the insertion of a new paragraph (b) after paragraph (a). Its purpose is to substitute a new subsection in section 14 of the Act of 2003. It is a technical amendment which follows from an amendment to section 12 of the European Arrest Warrant Act, which was inserted in the Dáil and clarified the status of warrants received by fax. The amendment to section 12 was inserted by section 62 of this Bill. The amendment before us clarifies that faxed copies received under section 12 are also acceptable in cases where the person has been arrested on grounds of urgency on foot of a Schengen alert.