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EXTRADITION

Made 22nd July 1997

Laid before Parliament 1st August 1997

Coming into force 1st September 1997

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of July 1997

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (referred to in this Order as “the Convention” and set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order)^f1 signed at Montreal on 23rd September 1971 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 24th November 1973:

And whereas the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention, which was signed at Montreal on 24th February 1988, (referred to in this Order as “the Protocol”)^f2 the terms of which are set out in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Order, entered into force for the United Kingdom on 15th December 1990:

And whereas the States mentioned in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order are foreign States in respect of which the Convention is for the time being in force and in relation to which Orders in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 ^f3 are in force:

And whereas the States mentioned in Part II of Schedule 2 to this Order are foreign States in respect of which the Protocol is for the time being in force and in relation to which Orders in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 are in force:

And whereas the States mentioned in Part IA of Schedule 3 to this Order are foreign States in respect of which the Convention is for the time being in force but with which no general extradition arrangements have been made:

And whereas the States mentioned in Part IB of Schedule 3 to this Order are foreign States in respect of which the Protocol is for the time being in force but with which no general extradition arrangements have been made:

And whereas section 22(3) of the Extradition Act 1989^f4 provides that where general extradition arrangements have not been made with a State which is a Party to the Convention or, as the case may be, a party to the Protocol, and no Order in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870^f5 is in force in relation to that State, an Order in Council applying the Extradition Act 1989 may be made under section 4 of that Act as if the Convention or, as the case may be, the Protocol constituted general extradition arrangements between the United Kingdom and the foreign State, or any foreign State, party to the Convention or, as the case may be, to the Protocol:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 4(1), 22(3) and 37(3) of the Extradition Act 1989, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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Footnotes

f1: Cmnd. 5524.
f2: Cm. 1470.
f3: 1870 c. 52. The Act was repealed by the Extradition Act 1989 with the savings mentioned in section 37 of that Act. For the purpose of those savings the Act has to be read with section 49 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31).
f4: 1989 c. 33; section 22 was amended by section 53 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31).
f5: 1870 c. 52.