“Although section 25 of the Extradition Act 2003 should be interpreted, wherever possible, to achieve the results sought by article 23(4) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant, it nevertheless gave express power to discharge and was not limited to a temporary postponement save in exceptional cases.”
WLR Daily, 30th January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk