The Repatriation of Prisoners (Overseas Territories) Order 2017 (SI 2017/983)

Summary

This is a UK Order in Council made under the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984, extending that Act (with specified adaptations) to a list of British Overseas Territories. It is not a financial services regulation and does not impose requirements on regulated entities; it deals with the legal mechanism for transferring convicted prisoners between the United Kingdom and the listed territories.

• Effect: Extends the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 to the territories listed in Schedule 2, applying the Act's prisoner transfer, warrant, transit and expenses provisions with modifications set out in Schedule 1 (e.g. references to the Secretary of State become references to the Governor of the territory).
• Territories covered: Schedule 2 lists Anguilla, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The British Virgin Islands is not among the territories listed.
• Revocation: Revokes the earlier Repatriation of Prisoners (Overseas Territories) Order 1986.

The Order concerns government-to-government prisoner transfer arrangements administered by territorial Governors, not financial regulation, and creates no compliance obligations for licensed or regulated businesses.

Deadlines

• 13th November 2017: Date the Order comes into force