Explanatory note

This Order, which comes into force on the 1st September 1999, amends the European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 by adding Albania and Ukraine to the States parties to the European Convention on extradition listed in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Order. It also adds the reservations and declarations made by Albania and Ukraine to the reservations and declarations set out in Schedule 3 to the 1990 Order and has the effect of revoking the Order in Council embodying the Extradition Treaty between the United Kingdom and Albania, to the extent that it applies to the United Kingdom, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.