{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-drug-trafficking-order-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-drug-trafficking-order-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1701",
  "legislation_title": "The Extradition (Drug Trafficking) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-drug-trafficking-order-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EXTRADITION\nMade 24th July 1991\nLaid before 1st August 1991\nComing into force 26th September 1991\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of July 1991\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas the Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (“the Convention”) opened for signature at Vienna from 20th December 1988 until 28th February 1989 and subsequently at the United Nations Headquarters, New York until 20th December 1989 the terms of which are set out in Schedule 1 to this Order, will enter into force for the United Kingdom on 26th September 1991:\nAnd whereas the States mentioned in 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 are in force:\nAnd whereas the States mentioned in Part I 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:\nAnd whereas section 22(3) of the Extradition Act 1989 provides that where general extradition arrangements have not been made with a State which is a party to the Convention, and no Order in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 is in force in relation to that State, an Order in Council applying the 1989 Act may be made under section 4 of that Act as if the Convention constituted general extradition arrangements between the United Kingdom and the foreign State, or any foreign State, party to the Convention:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 2 and 21 of the Extradition Act 1870, and sections 4(1), 22(3) and 37(3) of the Extradition Act 1989 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:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cm 804."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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 22(1) of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1989 c. 33; section 22 was amended by section 22 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1701/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}