Extradition (United Kingdom) Regulations 2004
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 24 June 2004
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Extradition (United Kingdom) Regulations 2004.
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the date of their notification in the Gazette.
3 Definition
In these Regulations:
Act means the Extradition Act 1988.
4 Declaration that United Kingdom is an extradition country
The United Kingdom is declared to be an extradition country.
5 Declaration of offence that is not a political offence
For paragraph (d) of the definition of political offence in section 5 of the Act, an offence constituted by taking or endangering, attempting to take or endanger or participating in the taking or endangering of, the life of a person, being an offence committed in circumstances in which such conduct creates a collective danger, whether direct or indirect, to the lives of other persons, is declared not to be a political offence in relation to the United Kingdom.
6 Application of the Act in relation to United Kingdom
For the purposes of the application of the Act in relation to the United Kingdom and:
(a) 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’; and
(b) relying on paragraph 11 (1) (b) of the Act, in addition to the supporting documents within the meaning of paragraph 19 (2) (a) of the Act, a statement of the identity, nationality and physical description of the person is required to be produced to a magistrate for the purposes of subsection 19 (1) of the Act.
Note
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 July 2004.