Extradition (Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)¹

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Extradition Act 1988.

Dated 4 June 2009

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

BOB DEBUS

1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Extradition (Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3              Amendment of Extradition (Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism) Regulations 2006

                Schedule 1 amends the Extradition (Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism) Regulations 2006.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]           Regulations 4 and 5

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4              Extradition countries

                For the definition of extradition country in section 5 of the Act, a country, or a colony, territory or protectorate of a country, for which the Convention is in force is an extradition country.

Note 1   For when the Convention enters into force for a State, see Article 26 of the Convention.

Note 2   The countries for which the Convention is currently in force are listed on the United Nations website at http://www.un.org.

5              Application of the Act

                The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in regulation 4.

[2]           Schedule 2

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1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.