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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-convention-on-extradition-order-2001/schedule-4/part-17/crossheading-declarations",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/962",
  "legislation_title": "The European Convention on Extradition Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-convention-on-extradition-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/17/crossheading/declarations",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Declarations",
  "text": "A decision of the Irish Supreme Court has made it impossible for Ireland to comply with its international obligations under the European Convention on Extradition.\nThe Court ruled that Ireland was not bound by its ratification of a similar extradition Treaty as the approval of Dail Eireann of the terms of that Treaty had not been obtained prior to ratification as is required by the Constitution of Ireland. The said Supreme Court Decision serves as a binding precedent in all future extradition cases.\nThe same circumstance applies in the case of the European Convention on Extradition. Dail approval of the terms thereof was not obtained prior to ratification of the said Convention on behalf of the Government of Ireland in 1966. Consequently, in the event of a court challenge, Ireland’s ratification in 1966 is likely to be declared invalid under domestic law.\nIn order to rectify this position, Dail Eireann approved the terms of the European Convention on Extradition on 29 June 1988. It is now necessary, for the purposes of domestic requirements, for the Government of Ireland to confirm the earlier ratification by way of deposit of a new instrument of ratification.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1873",
      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/408",
      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Amendment) Order 2003"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/408",
      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Amendment) Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/408",
      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Amendment) Order 2003"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1829",
      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Armenia and Georgia) (Amendment) Order 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1829",
      "affecting_title": "The European Convention on Extradition (Armenia and Georgia) (Amendment) Order 2002"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/962/schedule/4/part/17/crossheading/declarations",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:54:53.536266+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}