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This Order applies the Extradition Act 1989 so as to make extraditable the offences described in sections 2, 3 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883, section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 and section 2 of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996, attempts to commit such offences and participation in the commission of such offences. It applies to certain States Parties to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, agreed for signature at New York on 12th January 1998.