Order (No. 2), 1996
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
L.N. 131 01 JJM
EXTRADmON ACf
(CAP. 276)
Extradition (Designated Foreign Countries)
Order (No. 2), 1996
IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Extradition
Act, the Minister for Justice and the Arts has made the following
order: -
l. This Order may be cited as the Extradition (Designated
Foreign Countries) Order (No. 2), 1996, and shall be deemed to have
come into force on the 17th June, 1996 (hereinafte r in this Order
referred to as "the relevant dale').
Dan I-Ordn i jista' jissejjah I-Ordni la ' 1- 1996 dwar 1- TiI(IIoubidu
Estradiujoni (Pajjizi Barranin Speeiflkati) (Nru. 2), u gl'landu jitqies 11 .... 1111.
li bedajsehh fis- 17 ta' Gunju, 1996 (hawnhekk. iijed 'il quddiem fdan
I-Ordni msejha "id-data relevanti").
FOREIGN STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Czech Republic
Portugal
Slovalcia
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey
United Ki ngdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
including the Channel Islands
and the Isle of Man.
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
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In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires -
"the Convention" means the European Convention on
Extradition (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") opened
for signature in Paris on 13th December, 1957 and the tenns o f
which are set out only in the relevant convention published in the
Government Gazette dated 28th May, 1996;
" the relevant Act" means the Extradition Act;
" the relevant date" shall have the same meaning assigned to
it by article I o f this Order;
"scheduledcountries" shall have the same meaning ass igned
to it by paragraph (I) o f article 3 of this Order.
(1) Those countries listed in the Schedule to this Order .............
(hereinafter referred to as "scheduled countries'') are hereby being _ieo.
des ignated as foreign countries for the purposes of section 6 of the
re levant Act and any arrangement with any such countries applicable
to Malta before the relevant date by virtue of the provisions of section
30 of the said Act shall be deemed to have been revoked with effect
from the relevant date.
(2) The provisions of the Extradition (Designated Foreign LN. 120
Countries) Order, 1996, in so far as applicable to any scheduled country of 1996.
before the relevant date and to the extent that they are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Order, shall with effect from the relevant
date no longer apply to any such country.
(3) Saving the provisions of paragraph (4) of this article,
any scheduled country which before the relevant date was a designated
Commonwealt h country for the purposes of section 4 of the relevant
Act shall on the relevant date be deemed to be no longer sodesignated .
(4) Notwithstanding anythi ng contai ned in this Order, a
scheduled country to which paragraph (3) of this artide applies shall,
in respect of a territory for the external relations of wh ich it is
responsible, not being a territory listed in the Schedule to this Order,
continue to be deemed a designated Commonwealth country and
subsection (3) of section 4 of the relevant Act shall be construed
accordingly .