Extradition (State of Israel) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1983 No. 1681

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Extradition (State of Israel) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966.

Dated 15 September 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

GARETH EVANS

Attorney-General

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Regulations 2 and 3 of the Extradition (State of Israel) Regulations are repealed and the following regulations substituted:

Interpretation

“2. In these Regulations, ‘the Act’ means the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966.

Application of Act

“3. The Act applies in relation to the State of Israel subject to the following treaties:

(a) the Treaty between Australia and the State of Israel concerning Extradition that came into force on 3 January 1976 (being the treaty a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule);

(b) the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (being the Convention referred to in the Crimes (Hijacking of Aircraft) Act 1972);

(c) the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (being the Convention referred to in the Crimes (Protection of Aircraft) Act 1973);

(d) the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 as subsequently amended (being the Convention referred to in, and a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule to, the Extradition (Narcotic Drugs) Regulations.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 September 1983.

2. Statutory Rules 1978 No. 17.