European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1995
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1995/2703 |
1995 No. 2703
EXTRADITION
The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1995
Made 18th October 1995
Laid before Parliament 30th October 1995
Coming into force 1st December 1995
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of October 1995
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the European Convention on Extradition (“the Convention”)1opened for signature at Paris on 13th December 1957 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 14th May 1991:
And whereas the Convention entered into force in respect of Lithuania on 18th September 1995 and Lithuania made the reservations and declarations set out in article 2(b) of this Order:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 4(1) and 37(3) of the Extradition Act 19892, 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) (No. 3) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st December 1995.
2. The European Convention on Extradition Order 19903(“the 1990 Order”) shall be amended as follows:
(a) In Part I of Schedule 2 (which names States parties to the Convention), at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, the following entry shall be inserted—
“Lithuania”.
(b) In Schedule 3 (which sets out the reservations and declarations made by States parties to the Convention, the following Part shall be inserted after Part 12—
“PART 12A
lithuania
Reservations
Article 1
Extradition shall be granted only under the condition that any person suspected of having committed a crime will not be tried in a special court of the requesting Party.
The Republic of Lithuania reserves the right not to grant extradition if the said person, on the grounds of his/her health, age or personal motivation, would be adversely affected by this extradition.
Article 3
The Republic of Lithuania reserves its right referred to in Article 3 of the Convention to decide in each particular case whether acts referred to in Article 3, paragraph 3, of the Convention are regarded as being a political offence.
Declarations
Article 6
The term “nationals” means persons having Lithuanian nationality under the Law of the Lithuanian...
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