The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) (Amendment) Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1870

EXTRADITION

The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) (Amendment) Order 2003

Made

17th July 2003

Laid before Parliament

29th July 2003

Coming into force

19th August 2003

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of July 2003

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) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 19th August 2003.

2.  The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991(2) is amended by removing “South Africa” from Schedule 1 to that Order which lists countries designated for the purposes of section 1(2) of the Extradition Act 1989.

3.  The Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 (Amendment) Order 1996(3) is hereby revoked.

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order amends the Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 (“the 1991 Order”) by removing South Africa from the list of Commonwealth countries designated for the purposes of the Extradition Act 1989 (“the Act”). Article 3 of this Order revokes the Extradition (Designated Commonwealth Countries) Order 1991 (Amendment) Order 1996 which originally amended the 1991 Order to include South Africa. Section 3(2) of the Act provides that, for the purposes of Part III of that Act, a State which is a party to the European Convention on Extradition 1957 may be treated as a foreign state. South Africa has become a party to that Convention.

(1)

1989 c. 33.

(2)

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

(3)

S.I. 1996/279.