EXTRADITION (DESIGNATED FOREIGN COUNTRIES) (NO. 2) ORDER *

EXTRADITION (DESIGNATED FOREIGN COUNTRIES) (NO. 2)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 276.03

EXTRADITION (DESIGNATED FOREIGN

COUNTRIES) (NO. 2) ORDER *

17th June, 1996

LEGAL NOTICES 131 of 1996 and 31 of 2001, consolidated, as

amended by Legal Notice 367 of 2010.

The title of this Order is the Extradition (Designated

Foreign Countries) (No. 2) Order.

Amended by

L.N. 367 of 2010.

(Article 3)

FOREIGN STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION

Albania - with effect from 17th August, 1998

Andorra - with effect from 11th January, 2001

Armenia - with effect from 25th April, 2002

Austria

Azerbaijan - with effect from 26th September, 2002

Belgium - with effect from 27th November, 1997

Bosnia and Herzegovina - with effect from 24th July, 2005

Bulgaria

Croatia - with effect from 17th June, 1996

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia - with effect from 27th July, 1997

Finland

France

Georgia - with effect from 13th September, 2001

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Israel - with effect from 26th December, 1967

Italy

Latvia - with effect from 31st July, 1997

Liechtenstein

Lithuania - with effect from 17th June, 1996

Luxembourg

Moldova - with effect from 31st December, 1997

Monaco - with effect from 1st May, 2009

Montenegro - with effect from 6th June, 2006

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

EXTRADITION (DESIGNATED FOREIGN COUNTRIES) (NO. 2)

Romania - with effect from 9th December, 1997

Russia - with effect from 9th March, 2000

San Marino - with effect from 16th June, 2009

Serbia - with effect from 29th December, 2002

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa - with effect from 13th May, 2003

Spain

Sweden - with effect from 17th June, 1996

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine - with effect from 9th June, 1998

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland including

the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

the former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia - with effect from

26th October, 1999.

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 terms of 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" means the 17th June, 1996;

"scheduled countries" shall have the same meaning assigned to it

by article 3(1).

(1) Those countries listed in the Schedule (hereinafter

referred to as "scheduled countries") are hereby being designated as

foreign countries for the purposes of article 6 of the relevant Act

and any arrangement with any such countries applicable to Malta

before the relevant date by virtue of the provisions of article 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

Countries) Order, in so far as applicable to any scheduled country

of 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 subarticle (4), any scheduled

country which before the relevant date was a designated

Commonwealth country for the purposes of article 4 of the relevant

Act shall on the relevant date be deemed to be no longer so

designated.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, a

scheduled country to which subarticle (3) applies shall, in respect

of a territory for the external relations of which it is responsible,

not being a territory listed in the Schedule, continue to be deemed a

designated Commonwealth country and article 4(3) of the relevant

Act shall be construed accordingly.

*but see the Extradition (Designated Foreign Countries) Order - S.L. 276.05

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