[F1193Parties to international ConventionsU.K.
(1)The Secretary of State may by order—
(a)designate an international Convention to which the United Kingdom is a party, and
(b)specify conduct to which the Convention applies.
(2)If the Secretary of State believes, in respect of a request for a person's extradition, that—
(a)the request is for extradition to a territory that is a party to a Convention designated under subsection (1)(a),
(b)the territory is not a category 1 territory or a category 2 territory, and
(c)the conduct specified in the request is conduct specified under subsection (1)(b),
the Secretary of State may certify that the conditions in paragraphs (a) to (c) are satisfied in relation to the extradition of the person.
(3)If the Secretary of State issues a certificate under subsection (2) this Act applies in respect of the person's extradition to the territory as if the territory were a category 2 territory.
(4)As applied by subsection (3), this Act has effect as if—
(a)sections 71(4), 73(5), 74(11)(b) [F2, 74A to 74E], 84(7), 86(7), 137 and 138 were omitted;
(b)the conduct that constituted an extradition offence for the purposes of Part 2 were the conduct specified under subsection (1)(b).
(5)A certificate under subsection (3) in relation to a person is conclusive evidence that the conditions in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (2) are satisfied in relation to the person's extradition.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 193 substituted (21.7.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 169, 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/1916, art. 2(n)
F2Words in s. 193(4)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020 (c. 18), s. 2(4), Sch. para. 20; S.I. 2020/1652, reg. 2(1)(b)