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The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/1700 · Made 24 July 1991

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EXTRADITION

Made 24th July 1991

Laid before Parliament 1st August 1991

Coming into force 22nd August 1991

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of July 1991

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 5(1) of the Extradition Act 1989f1 or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, 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

1989 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  6. Schedule 2ORDERS REVOKED
  7. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 22nd August 1991.

2

The countries listed in Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of section 1(2) of the Extradition Act 1989.

3

The Orders listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked.

Signature

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Schedule 1

  • Antigua and Barbuda

  • Australia

  • The Bahamas

  • Bangladesh

  • Barbados

  • Belize

  • Botswana

  • Brunei

  • Canada

  • Dominica

  • Fiji

  • The Gambia

  • Ghana

  • Grenada

  • Guyana

  • India

  • Jamaica

  • Kenya

  • Kiribati

  • Lesotho

  • Malawi

  • Malaysia

  • Maldives

  • Malta

  • Mauritius

  • Nauru

  • New Zealand

  • Nigeria

  • Papua

  • New Guinea

  • Saint Christopher and Nevis

  • Saint Lucia

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Seychelles

  • Sierra Leone

  • Singapore

  • Solomon Islands

  • Sri Lanka

  • Swaziland

  • Tanzania

  • Tonga

  • Trinidad and Tobago

  • Tuvalu

  • Uganda

  • Vanuatu

  • Western Samoa

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe

Schedule 2ORDERS REVOKED

(1)(2)
Orders RevokedReferences
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1967S.I. 1967/1302
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1968S.I. 1968/303
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) (No. 2) Order 1968S.I. 1968/1651
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) (No. 2) Order 1970S.I. 1970/1112
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) (No. 3) Order 1970S.I. 1970/1438
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1971S.I. 1971/1242
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1974S.I. 1974/110
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1975S.I. 1975/1213
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1976S.I. 1976/771
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) (No. 2) Order 1976S.I. 1976/1918
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1978S.I. 1978/1905
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1979S.I. 1979/460
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) (No. 2) Order 1979S.I. 1979/1712
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1981S.I. 1981/1808
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1983S.I. 1983/1901
The Fugitive Offenders (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1986S.I. 1986/2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates certain Commonwealth countries for the time being mentioned in Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) for the purposes of the Extradition Act 1989.