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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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Extradition (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Regulations 2009.
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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).
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).
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.
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.
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).
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).
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).