Extradition (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1998

No. 27 1

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Extradition (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Regulations2(Amendment)

I, The 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 4 March 1998.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

AMANDA VANSTONE

Minister for Justice

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on gazettal.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Extradition (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 5 (Application of the Act)

[NOTE:  The Note following subregulation 5 (3) is taken to be amended by omitting “have ratified” and substituting “are parties to”.]

4.   Schedule

4.1   Omit the Schedule, substitute:

schedule

Regulation 3

COUNTRIES THAT ARE PARTIES TO THE UN CONVENTION AND TO WHICH THE ACT APPLIES SUBJECT TO THE UN CONVENTION

Afghanistan

Algeria

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Chad

Chile

China (extended to Hong Kong)

Colombia

Costa Rica

Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark (except the Faroe

Islands and Greenland)

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Iran

Ireland

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Libya

Luxembourg

Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Morocco

Myanmar

Nepal

Netherlands

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Syria

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom (extended to Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Jersey, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands)

United States of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 March 1998.

2. Statutory Rules 1992 No. 403.