# The Extradition (Overseas Territories) (Application to Hong Kong) Order 2002, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 16th August 2002, amends the Extradition Act 1989 (c. 33) as applied by the Extradition (Overseas Territories) Order 2002, so that the Act as so amended will apply for the purposes of extradition as between the British overseas territories to which that Order applies and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1825/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-overseas-territories-application-to-hong-kong-order-2002/note
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