EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1983 No. 168
Issued by the authority of the Attorney-General
EXTRADITION (STATE OF ISRAEL) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
These regulations are made pursuant to sections 10 and 31 of the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966.
The regulations give effect to Australia’s obligations under Article 36(2)(b) of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention. That Article deems the offences relating to narcotics referred to in the Convention to be included in any extradition treaty in force between States Parties to the Convention. Australia and the State of Israel are both Parties to the Convention as amended.
Both countries are also parties to a bilateral treaty on extradition which entered into force on 3 January 1976, the text of which is set out in the Schedule to the Extradition (State of Israel) Regulations.
Although the bilateral treaty makes offences in relation to narcotic drugs extraditable these regulations are being made so that obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs are seen to be implemented in respect of all Parties to the Convention.