S.L. 9.17 Art. 1Citation and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Custodial Sentences or Measures Involving Deprivation of Liberty Orders (Execution in the European Union) Regulations.

(2) The purpose of these Regulations is to transpose the provisions of Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose of their enforcement in the European Union, hereinafter referred to as the "Arrangement".