The Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2006

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2006/3451
Year2006

2006 No. 3451

extradition

The Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2006

Made 21th December 2006

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 69(1), 71(4), 73(5), 84(7) and 86(7) of the Extradition Act 20031, makes the following Order (a draft of which has been approved by each House of Parliament):

S-1 This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment...

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2006 and, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) The coming into force of articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to a request in respect of which—

(a)

(a) the Secretary of State has issued a certificate under section 70 of the Extradition Act 2003, or

(b)

(b) a person has been arrested under a provisional warrant issued under section 73(3) of the Extradition Act 2003,

before the coming into force of the relevant article.

(3) Article 3 shall come into force on 1st January 2007.

S-2 Article 2(2) of the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2...

2.—(1) Article 2(2) of the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 20032is amended by omitting the words “and Montenegro” after “Serbia” and by inserting “Montenegro,” after “Monaco,”.

(2) Article 3(2) of that Order is amended by inserting “Bosnia and Herzegovina,” after “Azerbaijan,”.

S-3 Article 2(2) of the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1...

3.—(1) Article 2(2) of the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1 Territories) Order 20033is amended by inserting “Bulgaria,” after “Belgium,” and “Romania,” after “Portugal,”.

(2) Articles 2(2) and 3(2) of the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003 are amended by omitting “Bulgaria,” and “Romania,”.

Joan Ryan

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

21st December 2006

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Bosnia and Herzegovina were designated as a category 2 territory for the purposes of the Extradition Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”), by the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003 (“the Part 2 Order”). However they were not designated in article 3(2) of that Order for the purposes of sections 71(4), 73(5), 84(7) and 86(7) of the 2003 Act. Article 2(2) of this Order so designates them. The effect of this is to alter the evidential requirements made of...

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