Statutory Rules 2003 No. 2431

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 17 September 2003

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON

Minister for Justice and Customs

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Extradition (Lebanon) Regulations 2003.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Definition

In these Regulations:

Act means the Extradition Act 1988.

4 Declaration that Lebanon is an extradition country

Lebanon is declared to be an extradition country.

5 Application of the Act in relation to Lebanon

For the purposes of the application of the Act in relation to Lebanon and relying on paragraph 11 (1) (b) and subsection 11 (2) of the Act, paragraph 17 (2) (a) of the Act is modified by omitting ‘45 days’ and substituting ‘60 days’.

Note

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 September 2003.