Commonwealth legislation

Extradition (Cessation of Application) Regulations

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

340 of 1985

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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What this does: This regulation removes Denmark from Australia's extradition arrangements under the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966.

Who it affects:

People facing extradition between Australia and Denmark
Law enforcement agencies in both countries
Courts handling extradition requests

Why it matters: Before this regulation, Australia had an extradition treaty with Denmark under the 1966 Act. This regulation stops that arrangement, meaning Australia can no longer extradite (hand over) people to Denmark, nor request extradition from Denmark, under that specific law.

This likely occurred because the two countries were either:

Negotiating a new bilateral extradition treaty to replace the old one, or
Denmark was transitioning to a different legal framework for international cooperation

In simple terms: Australia hit 'unsubscribe' on its extradition agreement with Denmark under this particular Act.

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Extradition (Cessation of Application) Regulations

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Statutory Rules 1985 No. 3401

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Extradition (Cessation of Application) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966.

Dated 12 December 1985.

N M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

LIONEL BOWEN

Attorney-General

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Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Extradition (Cessation of Application) Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966.

Application of the Act

The Act shall cease to apply in relation to the Kingdom of Denmark, being a foreign state in relation to which the Act applied by virtue of subsection 9 (1) of the Act.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 December 1985.

Source text

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1 Extradition (Cessation of Application) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1985 No. 3401

–––––––

Extradition (Cessation of Application) Regulations

Dated 12 December 1985.

N M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

LIONEL BOWEN

Attorney-General

–––––––––

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Extradition (Cessation of Application) Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Extradition (Foreign States) Act 1966.

Application of the Act

The Act shall cease to apply in relation to the Kingdom of Denmark, being a foreign state in relation to which the Act applied by virtue of subsection 9 (1) of the Act.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 December 1985.