1Extradition (Hostages) Regulations 2009

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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The Extradition (Hostages) Regulations are repealed.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.