Extradition (Republic of Iceland and Kingdom of Norway)

L.N. 332 of 2009

EXTRADITION ACT

(CAP. 276)

Extradition (Republic of Iceland and Kingdom of Norway)

Order, 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 7 of the

Extradition Act, the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs has made the

following order:-

(1)

The title of this Order is the Extradition (Republic Citation and

commencement.

of Iceland and Kingdom of Norway) Order, 2009.

(2) This Order shall enter into force on such day as the

Minister shall order in the Gazette after the Arrangement enters into

force in accordance with the terms of the said Arrangement.

For the purposes of article 6 of the Extradition Act, the Designation for

Minister has designated the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of the

article 6 of the

relevant Act.

Norway.

In this Order, "the relevant Order" means the Extradition Interpretation.

L.N. 320 of

(Designated Foreign Countries) Order, of the 7th June, 2004.

2004.

For the purposes of this Order, the definition "the Applicability of

Arrangement", in article 2 of the relevant Order, shall apply as if, for the

" the

Arrangement "

the contents thereof, there were substituted the following

in article 2 of

the relevant

" "the Arrangement" means the Agreement between the Order.

European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom

of Norway on the surrender procedure between the Member

States of the European Union and Iceland and Norway, done at

Vienna on the 28th June, 2006 (OJ L 292 of 21 October 2006),

adopted pursuant to the Treaty;".

For the purposes of this Order, the provisions of article 3 of Relationship

the relevant Order shall apply as if, for the contents thereof, there between

Order, the

relevant Order

were substituted the following

and transitory

provisions.

"3. (1) Only the provisions of this Order, save where

otherwise expressly indicated, shall apply to requests received

or made by Malta on or after the relevant date for the return of a

fugitive criminal to or from a scheduled country, or to persons

returned to Malta from a scheduled country in pursuance of a

request made under this Order, and the provisions of this Order

shall have effect in relation to the return under this Order of

persons to, or in relation to persons returned under this Order

from, any scheduled country subject to such conditions,

exceptions, adaptations or modifications as are specified in this

Order.

(2) The relevant Act and any applicable Order in force

before the relevant date shall continue to apply to requests for

the return of a fugitive criminal to a scheduled country pending

in Malta on the relevant date and to requests made by Malta to a

scheduled country before the relevant date, and any

arrangement applicable between that country and Malta before

the relevant date shall also continue to apply to those requests.

(3) Where a scheduled country has, in terms of the

Arrangement, given notice that as the requested country the

legislation in force before its legislation implementing the

provisions of the Arrangement applies to acts committed before

a date specified by it, the relevant Act and any applicable Order

in force before the relevant date shall continue to apply to those

acts and any arrangement applicable between that country and

Malta before the relevant date shall also continue to apply

thereto.".

For the purposes of this Order, Schedule 1 of the relevant

Order shall not apply and the following Schedule shall be substituted

therefor

"SCHEDULE 1

(Article 2)

Republic of Iceland

Kingdom of Norway".