Commonwealth legislation

Extradition (Hostages) Regulations 2009

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

93 of 2009

Collection

legislative instrument

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The Regulations tie the Extradition Act to the hostages Convention (as defined in the Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989) by declaring any state for which that Convention is in force to be an "extradition country" for section 5. They repeal earlier Hostages regulations and make the Extradition Act apply, subject to the Convention, to those states. This affects who Australia may surrender for hostage-related offences and depends on external confirmation of Convention entry-into-force and UN listings.

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Extradition (Hostages) Regulations 20091

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 93

I, 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.

Dated 4 June 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

BOB DEBUS

Minister for Home Affairs

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Extradition (Hostages) Regulations 2009.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Repeal

The Extradition (Hostages) Regulations are repealed.

4 Definitions

In these Regulations:

Act means the Extradition Act 1988.

Convention has the same meaning as in the Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989.

5 Extradition countries

For the definition of extradition country in section 5 of the Act, a country, or a colony, territory or protectorate of a country, for which the Convention is in force is an extradition country.

Note 1 For when the Convention enters into force for a State, see Article 18 of the Convention in the Schedule to the Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989.

Note 2 The countries for which the Convention is currently in force are listed on the United Nations website at http://www.un.org.

6 Application of the Act

The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in regulation 5.

Note

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.

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