The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 (Amendment) Order 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 1761

EXTRADITION

The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 (Amendment) Order 1997

Made

22nd July 1997

Laid before Parliament

1st August 1997

Coming into force

1st September 1997

At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of July 1997

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 5(1) of the Extradition Act 1989(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.

2.  The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991(2) shall be amended by the deletion of the word “Malta” in Schedule 1 to that Order which lists countries designated for the purposes of section 1(2) of the Extradition Act 1989.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order removes Malta from the list of Commonwealth countries designated for the purposes of the Extradition Act 1989. Section 3(2) of the Extradition Act 1989 (c. 33) provides that, for the purposes of Part III of that Act, a State which is a party to the European Convention on Extradition may be treated as a foreign State. Malta has become a party to the European Convention on Extradition and, consequently, has been added to the list of States which are party to that Convention.

(1)

1989 c. 33.

(2)

S.I. 1991/1700 as amended by S.I. 1996/279.