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Extradition (Commonwealth countries) Regulations 2010

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SLI 2010 No. 154 Regulations as amended, taking into account amendments up to Extradition Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2017
Administered by: Attorney-General's
Registered 18 Dec 2017
Start Date 05 Dec 2017
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Extradition (Commonwealth countries) Regulations 2010

Select Legislative Instrument No. 154, 2010

made under the

Extradition Act 1988

Compilation No. 2

Compilation date:                              5 December 2017

Includes amendments up to:            F2017L01575

Registered:                                         18 December 2017

 

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Extradition (Commonwealth countries) Regulations 2010 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 5 December 2017 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

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Modifications

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Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

  

  

  


Contents

1............ Name of Regulations..................................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Extradition countries...................................................................................................... 1

7............ Modification of Act—definition of extradition offence.................................................. 1

8............ Modification of Act—condition to produce documents................................................. 1

9............ Modification of Act—when eligible person must not be surrendered........................... 1

10.......... Transitional.................................................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Extradition countries                                                                                        3

Endnotes                                                                                                                                                                 6

Endnote 1—About the endnotes                                                                                                        6

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key                                                                                                            7

Endnote 3—Legislation history                                                                                                         8

Endnote 4—Amendment history                                                                                                       9

Endnote 5—Editorial changes                                                                                                          10

 


 

 

1  Name of Regulations

                   These Regulations are the Extradition (Commonwealth countries) Regulations 2010.

4  Definitions

                   In these Regulations:

Act means the Extradition Act 1988.

Commonwealth country means a country, colony, territory or protectorate declared to be an extradition country under regulation 5.

5  Extradition countries

                   For the definition of extradition country in section 5 of the Act, each country, colony, territory and protectorate mentioned in Schedule 1 is an extradition country.

7  Modification of Act—definition of extradition offence

                   For section 11 of the Act, the Act applies in relation to a Commonwealth country as if a reference to 12 months in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of extradition offence in section 5 of the Act were a reference to 2 years.

8  Modification of Act—condition to produce documents

             (1)  For section 11 of the Act, the Act applies in relation to a Commonwealth country subject to the condition that the following documents must be produced to a magistrate for subsection 19(1) of the Act:

                     (a)  a statement of the person’s identity, nationality and physical description and, to the extent possible, the person’s whereabouts;

                     (b)  if the offence is an extradition offence of which the person is accused—documents that allow the prima facie evidence test to be satisfied.

             (2)  For subregulation (1), the prima facie evidence test is satisfied in accordance with paragraph 11(5)(b) of the Act.

Note:          The documents mentioned in subregulation (1) are in addition to the documents that must be produced under section 19 of the Act.

9  Modification of Act—when eligible person must not be surrendered

             (1)  For section 11 of the Act, the Act applies in relation to a Commonwealth country subject to the condition that an eligible person must not be surrendered in relation to a qualifying extradition offence if the Attorney‑General is satisfied that it would be unjust, oppressive or too severe a punishment:

                     (a)  to surrender the eligible person; or

                     (b)  to surrender the eligible person before the end of a period stated by the Attorney‑General.

Examples

1   The offence is trivial.

2   The accusation against the eligible person was not made in good faith or in the interests of justice.

             (2)  In this regulation:

eligible person has the meaning given by section 22 of the Act.

qualifying extradition offence has the meaning given by section 22 of the Act.

10  Transitional

                   The Extradition (Commonwealth Countries) Regulations 1998, as in force immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, continue to apply to a request for extradition made by any of the following before the commencement of these Regulations:

                     (a)  a Commonwealth country;

                     (b)  Cook Islands;

                     (c)  Kiribati;

                     (d)  Nauru;

                     (e)  Papua New Guinea;

                      (f)  Samoa;

                     (g)  Solomon Islands;

                     (h)  Tonga;

                      (i)  Tuvalu;

                      (j)  Vanuatu.


Schedule 1Extradition countries

(regulation 5)

  

 

  


Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Botswana

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

Cayman Islands

Cyprus

Dominica

Falkland Islands

Gambia

Ghana

Gibraltar

Grenada

Guyana

Jamaica

Kenya

Lesotho

Malawi

Maldives

Malta

Mauritius

Montserrat

Namibia

Nigeria

Pakistan

Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

St Helena

St Helena Dependencies

St Kitts and Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Sri Lanka

Swaziland

Tanzania

The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe


Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.

If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

 

ad = added or inserted

o = order(s)

am = amended

Ord = Ordinance

amdt = amendment

orig = original

c = clause(s)

par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)

C[x] = Compilation No. x

    /sub‑subparagraph(s)

Ch = Chapter(s)

pres = present

def = definition(s)

prev = previous

Dict = Dictionary

(prev…) = previously

disallowed = disallowed by Parliament

Pt = Part(s)

Div = Division(s)

r = regulation(s)/rule(s)

ed = editorial change

reloc = relocated

exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have

renum = renumbered

    effect

rep = repealed

F = Federal Register of Legislation

rs = repealed and substituted

gaz = gazette

s = section(s)/subsection(s)

LA = Legislation Act 2003

Sch = Schedule(s)

LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003

Sdiv = Subdivision(s)

(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given

SLI = Select Legislative Instrument

    effect

SR = Statutory Rules

(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment

Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s)

    cannot be given effect

SubPt = Subpart(s)

mod = modified/modification

underlining = whole or part not

No. = Number(s)

    commenced or to be commenced

 

Endnote 3—Legislation history

 

Number and year

FRLI registration or gazettal

Commencement

Application, saving and transitional provisions

154, 2010

1 July 2010 (F2010L01748)

2 July 2010 (s 2)

 

210, 2012

3 Sept 2012 (F2012L01825)

Sch 4: 20 Sept 2012 (s 2)

 

Name

Registration

Commencement

Application, saving and transitional provisions

Extradition Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2017

4 Dec 2017 (F2017L01575)

Sch 1 (item 1): 5 Dec 2017 (s 2(1) item 1)

 

Endnote 4—Amendment history

 

Provision affected

How affected

r 2.............................................

rep LIA s 48D

r 3.............................................

rep LIA s 48C

r 6.............................................

rep No 210, 2012

r 8.............................................

ed C2

Schedule 1................................

am F2017L01575

 

Endnote 5—Editorial changes

In preparing this compilation for registration, the following kinds of editorial change(s) were made under the Legislation Act 2003.

 

Paragraph 8(1)(b) and subregulation 8(2)

 

Kind of editorial change

 

Change to typeface

 

Details of editorial change

 

This compilation was editorially changed to update two occurrences of the italicised words prima facie to regular font.