Extradition (Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 264

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 8 October 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

BRENDAN O’CONNOR

Minister for Home Affairs

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Extradition (Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Extradition (Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel) Regulations 2000

  Schedule 1 amends the Extradition (Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel) Regulations 2000.

Schedule 1 Amendments

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[1] Regulations 4 and 5

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4 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 27 of the Convention in Schedule 1.

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

5 Application of the Act

  The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in regulation 4.

[2] Schedule 1, Article 14

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[3] Schedule 2

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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.