UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
1995 No. 1624
EXTRADITION
The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) Order 1995
Made 28th June 1995
Laid before Parliament 10th July 1995
Coming into force
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of June 1995
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas the European Convention on Extradition (“the Convention”)opened for signature in Paris on 13th December 1957 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 14th May 1991:
And whereas Article 27, paragraph 4, of the Convention permits, by direct arrangement between two or more contracting Parties, subject to the conditions laid down in the arrangement, the extension of the application of the Convention to any territory, other than the territories mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the Article, of such Parties for whose international relations any such Party is responsible:
And whereas, by an exchange of notes between the United Kingdom and France dated 29th March 1993, it was agreed to extend the application of the Convention to the French Overseas Territories of French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna and to the “collectivités territoriales” of Mayotte and St Pierre and Miquelon:
And whereas, by an exchange of notes between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands dated 24th November 1994, it was agreed to extend the application of the Convention to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, subject to the condition laid down therein as to the applicability of the declaration concerning Articles 6 and 21 made by the Netherlands on ratification of the Convention as modified by a letter dated 14th October 1987:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 4(1) of the Extradition Act 1989, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
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This Order may be cited as the European Convention on...
1. This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on a date to be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
2. The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (“the 1990 Order”)shall have effect:
(a) as between the United Kingdom and France, as if the terms embodied in Schedule 1 to the 1990 Order included the Exchange of Notes recited in Schedule 1 to this Order,
(b) as between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, as if the terms embodied in Schedule 1 to the 1990 Order included the Exchange of Notes recited in Schedule 2 to this Order.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
SCHEDULE 1
EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE EXTENDING THE APPLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON EXTRADITION 1957
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The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at London to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth AffairsAMBASSADE DE FRANCELONDRESNo. 1
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at London to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth AffairsAMBASSADE DE FRANCELONDRES
L'AMBASSADEUR
10th March 1993
Dear Secretary of State,
Following discussions which have been held between representatives of our two countries, and on instructions from my Government, I have the honour to propose that the application of the European Convention on Extradition of 13th December 1957 be extended to the French Overseas Territories of French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna as well as the “collectivités territoriales” of Mayotte and St Pierre and Miquelon.
The reservations and...
