3Extradition.
(1)There shall be deemed to be included—
(a)in the list of extradition crimes in Schedule 1 to the [1870 c. 52.] Extradition Act 1870, and
(b)among the description of offences set out in Schedule 1 to the [1967 c. 68.] Fugitive Offenders Act 1967,
any offence under this Act.
(2)In Schedule 1 to the [1978 c. 26.] Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (offences not to be regarded as of a political character) after paragraph 11 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“Taking of hostages
11AAn offence under the Taking of Hostages Act 1982.”.
(3)Where no such arrangement as is mentioned in section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 has been made with a State which is a party to the Convention, an Order in Council applying the Act of 1870 may be made under that section as if the Convention were such an arrangement with that State; but where the Act of 1870 is so applied it shall have effect as if the only extradition crimes within the meaning of that Act were offences under this Act and attempts to commit such offences.
(4)For the purposes of the Act of 1870 any act, wherever committed, which—
(a)is an offence under this Act or an attempt to commit such an offence, and
(b)is an offence against the law of any State in the case of which that Act is applied by an Order in Council under section 2 of that Act,
shall be deemed to be an offence committed within the jurisdiction of that State.
(5)In subsection (3) above " the Convention" means the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages opened for signature at New York on 18th December 1979.