Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe principal objects of this Act are:
(a) to codify the law relating to the extradition of persons from Australia to extradition countries and New Zealand and, in particular, to provide for proceedings by which courts may determine whether a person is to be, or is eligible to be, extradited, without determining the guilt or innocence of the person of an offence;
(b) to facilitate the making of requests for extradition by Australia to other countries; and
(c) to enable Australia to carry out its obligations under
extradition treaties.