Explanatory note

This Order removes Malta from the list of Commonwealth countries designated for the purposes of the Extradition Act 1989. Section 3(2) of the Extradition Act 1989 (c. 33) provides that, for the purposes of Part III of that Act, a State which is a party to the European Convention on Extradition may be treated as a foreign State. Malta has become a party to the European Convention on Extradition and, consequently, has been added to the list of States which are party to that Convention.