Extradition (United Kingdom) Regulations 2004
Statutory Rules 2004 No. 1691
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 24 June 2004
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON
Minister for Justice and Customs

  
1	Name of Regulations
		These Regulations are the Extradition (United Kingdom) Regulations 2004.
2	Commencement
		These Regulations commence on the date of their notification in the Gazette.
3	Definition
		In these Regulations:
Act means the Extradition Act 1988.
4	Declaration that United Kingdom is an extradition country
		The United Kingdom is declared to be an extradition country.
5	Declaration of offence that is not a political offence
		For paragraph (d) of the definition of political offence in section 5 of the Act, an offence constituted by taking or endangering, attempting to take or endanger or participating in the taking or endangering of, the life of a person, being an offence committed in circumstances in which such conduct creates a collective danger, whether direct or indirect, to the lives of other persons, is declared not to be a political offence in relation to the United Kingdom.
6	Application of the Act in relation to United Kingdom
		For the purposes of the application of the Act in relation to the United Kingdom and:
	(a)	relying on paragraph 11 (1) (b) and subsection 11 (2) of the Act, paragraph 17 (2) (a) of the Act is modified by omitting ‘45 days’ and substituting ‘60 days’; and
	(b)	relying on paragraph 11 (1) (b) of the Act, in addition to the supporting documents within the meaning of paragraph 19 (2) (a) of the Act, a statement of the identity, nationality and physical description of the person is required to be produced to a magistrate for the purposes of subsection 19 (1) of the Act.
Note
1.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 July 2004.