Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2596

The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) Order 1996

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1996 No. 2596

EXTRADITION

The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) Order 1996

Made	15th October 1996

Laid before Parliament

25th October 1996

Coming into force

On a date to be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of October 1996

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas the European Convention on Extradition "(the Convention)"^[1] opened for signature in Paris on 13th December 1957 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 14th May 1991:

And whereas Article 28, paragraph 2, of the Convention permits the contracting parties to conclude between themselves multilateral agreements to supplement the provisions of the Convention or to facilitate the application of the principles contained therein:

And whereas the Agreement between the Member States of the European Community on the Simplification and Modernisation of Methods of Transmitting Extradition Requests ("the Agreement") opened for signature in San Sebastian on 26 May 1989:

And whereas the States listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are parties to the Agreement, and have made certain declarations, the terms of which are set out in Schedule 3 to this Order, including a declaration under Article 5, paragraph 3, of the Agreement, that they will apply the Agreement in their relations with other Member States who make the same declaration prior to the entry into force of the Agreement in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 2:

And whereas it is intended to ratify the Agreement and to make the declaration set out in Schedule 4 to this Order:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 4 of the Extradition Act 1989^[2], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: —

    1.    This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the date, to be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, on which the Agreement becomes applicable in respect of the United Kingdom.

    2.    The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990^[3] ("the 1990 Order") shall have effect as between the United Kingdom and those States listed at Schedule 2 to this Order as if the terms embodied in Schedule 1 to the 1990 Order were amended, subject to the declarations set out in Schedule 3 to this Order, by the terms of the Agreement recited at Schedule 1 to this Order.

    3.    The operation of this Order is limited to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

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Notes:

[1] Cm. 1762.

[2] 1989 c. 33.

[3] S.I. 1990/1507 as amended by S.I. 1992/2663, 1994/2796, 1994/3205, 1995/1624, 1995/1962 and 1995/2703.

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