{"id":"F2009L03623","name":"Extradition (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Regulations 2009","slug":"extradition-bosnia-and-herzegovina-regulations-2009","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"256 of 2009","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":141429,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L03623-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Extradition (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Regulations 2009","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nExtradition (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Regulations 20091\n\nSelect Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 256\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Extradition Act 1988.\n\nDated 8 October 2009\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nBRENDAN O'CONNOR\n\nMinister for Home Affairs\n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\nThese Regulations are the Extradition (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Regulations 2009.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.\n\n3 Definition\n\nIn these Regulations:\n\n> Act means the Extradition Act 1988.\n\n4 Declaration that Bosnia and Herzegovina is an extradition country\n\nBosnia and Herzegovina is declared to be an extradition country.\n\n5 Application of the Act in relation to Bosnia and Herzegovina\n\nFor paragraph 11 (1) (b) of the Act, the Act applies to Bosnia and Herzegovina subject to modification of paragraph 17 (2) (a) of the Act by omitting ‘45 days’ and substituting ‘60 days’.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument precisely matches its intended scope. It performs the standard function of Extradition Regulations: declaring a country as an extradition country and making any necessary treaty-specific modifications to the parent Act. There is no scope creep — it does exactly what the Extradition Act 1988 anticipates such regulations will do."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument: only 5 sections spanning 2 pages","Only 1 defined term ('Act')","No cross-references beyond a single modification to the parent Act","Single substantive modification (45 days → 60 days) with no conditions or exceptions","No nested provisions, schedules, or operational machinery","Standard template-based extradition regulations following established pattern"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations add Bosnia and Herzegovina to the list of countries that Australia has extradition arrangements with. **Extradition** is the legal process where one country hands over a person accused or convicted of a crime to another country to face trial or serve a sentence.\n\n**What this does:**\n- Declares Bosnia and Herzegovina as an \"extradition country\" — meaning Australia can now receive extradition requests from them, and send requests to them\n- Makes one small technical change: extends the time limit for Bosnia and Herzegovina to respond to Australian extradition requests from **45 days to 60 days** (this gives them a bit more time to process requests compared to the standard timeframe)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People in Australia who are wanted for alleged crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina (they could be extradited)\n- Australian law enforcement and courts handling extradition matters\n- The governments of Australia and Bosnia and Herzegovina\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis creates a formal legal pathway for both countries to cooperate on criminal matters. Without this declaration, Australia couldn't legally extradite someone to Bosnia and Herzegovina, nor receive extraditions from them. The 60-day extension reflects practical administrative needs — likely accounting for the country's post-conflict reconstruction context and administrative capacity."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"These Regulations expand the operational application of the Extradition Act 1988 to include Bosnia and Herzegovina (regulation 4) and alter a procedural parameter by replacing \"45 days\" with \"60 days\" in paragraph 17(2)(a) for the purposes of paragraph 11(1)(b) (regulation 5). The change therefore modifies how the Act applies to that specific country by lengthening a time limit; the Regulations do not otherwise broaden or add substantive categories of offence or alter other parts of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument but relies on cross‑references to specific paragraphs of the Extradition Act 1988 (para 11(1)(b) and para 17(2)(a)), requiring consultation of the Act to understand full effect","Precise numerical amendment (45 → 60 days) affects procedural timing; understanding consequences depends on knowing the substantive content of the referenced Act provisions","Legal effect is narrow and technical (declaration + single textual modification) which reduces conceptual complexity but increases the need for targeted legal cross‑checking"],"plain_english_summary":"### What these Regulations do, in plain terms\n\n- These Regulations add Bosnia and Herzegovina to the list of countries to which Australia's Extradition Act 1988 applies (regulation 4). In other words, Bosnia and Herzegovina is declared an \"extradition country\" for the purposes of that Act.\n\n- They also modify one procedural time limit in the Extradition Act when the Act is applied in relation to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Specifically, for the application of paragraph 11(1)(b) of the Act, paragraph 17(2)(a) of the Act is altered so that wherever it says \"45 days\" it will read \"60 days\" for matters involving Bosnia and Herzegovina (regulation 5).\n\n- Formalities: the Regulations commence the day after they are registered (regulation 2). They were made by the Governor‑General acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and are signed in the instrument under the Minister for Home Affairs.\n\n### How it works mechanically\n\n- Declaration (reg 4): the instrument operates by declaring a specific country (Bosnia and Herzegovina) an extradition country under the Extradition Act 1988 (the Act). The Regulations themselves do not restate other parts of the Act; they make the Act apply to that country.\n\n- Modification (reg 5): the Act applies to Bosnia and Herzegovina \"subject to modification\" — the only modification in these Regulations is to replace the figure \"45 days\" with \"60 days\" in paragraph 17(2)(a) for purposes of paragraph 11(1)(b). This is a point‑specific, textual change to the Act's operation in Bosnia‑related cases.\n\n### Who decides, who is directly affected, and what changes in behaviour\n\n- Who decided: the instrument is made by the Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia on the advice of the Federal Executive Council and signed under the Minister for Home Affairs (instrument header and signature block).\n\n- Who is directly affected: people, agencies and courts operating under the Extradition Act when dealing with Bosnia and Herzegovina — because the Act now applies to that country and because a specific time limit in the Act has been extended from 45 to 60 days for the stated paragraph (regulations 4–5).\n\n- What behaviour changes: the practical change is procedural timing. Where paragraph 17(2)(a) (as applied via paragraph 11(1)(b)) previously referred to a 45‑day period, a 60‑day period now applies for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Any operational decisions, filings or timeframes that depend on that particular numerical limit will need to use 60 days instead of 45.\n\n### Implementation, costs and discretion — what this instrument says and does not say\n\n- The Regulations themselves are short and mechanical: they declare a country and change one number in the Act (regs 4–5). They do not set fees, allocate costs, or detail enforcement steps.\n\n- Who pays: these Regulations do not specify who bears costs associated with extradition proceedings. Any costs or resource implications remain governed by the Extradition Act 1988 and other administrative arrangements (see definition of \"Act\" at reg 3 and the modifications in reg 5).\n\n- Compliance burden and administrative discretion: the instrument imposes no new reporting or substantive legal duties beyond making the Act apply to Bosnia and Herzegovina and amending the stated time limit. Any compliance burden or discretionary decision‑making will arise under the Act as amended by this instrument (reg 5).\n\n- Trade‑offs and implementation risk: changing the numeric time limit from 45 to 60 days alters a procedural parameter. The text of these Regulations does not explain the policy reasons for that change, nor does it set out secondary measures to implement it; to understand operational trade‑offs or risks you must look to the referenced provisions of the Extradition Act themselves (reg 5).\n\n### Key references in the instrument\n\n- Definition linking to the Extradition Act 1988: regulation 3.\n- Declaration that Bosnia and Herzegovina is an extradition country: regulation 4.\n- Modification of paragraph 17(2)(a) from \"45 days\" to \"60 days\" for the purposes of paragraph 11(1)(b): regulation 5.\n- Commencement timing: regulation 2."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/extradition-bosnia-and-herzegovina-regulations-2009","history":"/api/acts/extradition-bosnia-and-herzegovina-regulations-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/extradition-bosnia-and-herzegovina-regulations-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/extradition-bosnia-and-herzegovina-regulations-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/extradition-bosnia-and-herzegovina-regulations-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/extradition-bosnia-and-herzegovina-regulations-2009/documents"}}