The Hong Kong (Extradition) Order 1997

2.—(1) Section 2 (meaning of “extradition crime”) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a)in paragraph (a)—

(i)for the words “or a colony” there shall be substituted the words “, a colony or the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”, and

(ii)after the words “or colony” there shall be inserted the words “or of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”, and

(b)in paragraph (b) after the word “colony” there shall be inserted the words “, or of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,”.

(3) In subsection (3)(a), after the word “colony” there shall be inserted the words “or the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”.

(4) In subsection (4)—

(a)at the end of paragraph (b) the word “and” shall be omitted, and

(b)after paragraph (c) there shall be added

; and

(d)conduct in a vessel, aircraft or hovercraft of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be treated as if it were conduct in that Region..