Introductory text

Whereas the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material^f1 (referred to in this Order as “the Convention” and set out in Schedule 1 to this Order) opened for signature at Vienna and New York on 3rd March 1980 was ratified by the United Kingdom on 6th September 1991:

And 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^f2 are in force:

And 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:

And whereas section 22(3) of the Extradition Act 1989^f3 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 betwen the United Kingdom and the foreign State, or any foreign State, party to the Convention;

And whereas sections 1 and 2 of the Nuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983^f4 provide for certain offences (being offences under the law of the United Kingdom and falling within the terms of Article 7 of the Convention) carried out in relation to or by means of nuclear material to constitute offences wherever carried out and irrespective of the nationality of the offender; and section 7 of that Act provides for it to be extended to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and every colony;