S.L. 9.17 Art. 2Definitions. [ Cap. 460.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Arrangement" means the 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, as amended by Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA of 26 February 2009; "certificate" means the certificate set out in Schedule II; "Director" means the Director of Correctional Services and includes any other public officer authorised on his behalf by such Director; "the European Union" means the European Union as referred to in the Treaty; "executing State" means the Member State to which a judgment is forwarded for the purpose of its recognition; "issuing State" means the Member State in which a judgment is delivered; "judgment" means a final decision or order of a court of the issuing State imposing a sentence on a natural person; "the notification" means the notification set out in Schedule III; "relevant offence" means:

(a) a scheduled offence; or

(b) any other offence liable to the punishment of S.L.9.17 IN THE EUROPEAN UNION)

imprisonment or of detention for a term of more than one year; "scheduled offence" means any offence in the list of offences set out in Schedule I; "sentence" means any custodial sentence or any measure involving deprivation of liberty imposed upon a conviction for a relevant offence; "the Treaty" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the European Union Act.