Extradition (El Salvador) Regulations 2017 (Cth)

Extradition (El Salvador) Regulations 2017

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 30 November 2017

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Michael Keenan

Minister for Justice

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Extradition (El Salvador) Regulations 2017.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	6 December 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Extradition Act 1988.

4Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Extradition Act 1988.

5Declaration of El Salvador as an extradition country

For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of extradition country in section 5 of the Act, El Salvador is declared to be an extradition country.

6Application of Act

For the purposes of paragraph 11(1)(b) of the Act, the Act applies in relation to El Salvador subject to modification of paragraph 17(2)(a) of the Act by omitting ‘45 days’ and substituting ‘60 days’.