{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-designated-commonwealth-countries-order-1991-amendment-order-1997/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-designated-commonwealth-countries-order-1991-amendment-order-1997/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1761",
  "legislation_title": "The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 (Amendment) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-designated-commonwealth-countries-order-1991-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1761/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:05:14.622958+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."
}