Extradition (Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1) (Cth)

Extradition (Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 264

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Extradition Act 1988.

Dated 8 October 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

BRENDAN O’CONNOR

Minister for Home Affairs

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Extradition (Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

Amendment of Extradition (Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel) Regulations 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Extradition (Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel) Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulations 4 and 5

substitute

Extradition countries

For the definition of extradition country in section 5 of the Act, a country, or a colony, territory or protectorate of a country, for which the Convention is in force is an extradition country.

Note 1 For when the Convention enters into force for a State, see Article 27 of the Convention in Schedule 1.

Note 2 The countries for which the Convention is currently in force are listed on the United Nations website at

Application of the Act

The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in regulation 4.

[2] Schedule 1, Article 14

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[3] Schedule 2

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Note

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