Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1993 No. 86 EXTRADITION (SHIPS AND FIXED PLATFORMS) REGULATIONS - REG 6

6. (1) The Act applies to a country specified in Schedule 1 subject to the
limitations, conditions, exceptions or qualifications set out in Articles 7,
10 and 11 of the Convention.

(2) For the purpose of giving effect to the Convention in relation to a
relevant country specified in Schedule 1, the Act applies to that country
subject to:

   (a)  any extradition treaty; or

   (b)  any limitations, conditions, exceptions or qualifications; subject to
        which, because of a relevant specified law or relevant specified laws
        (as the case requires), the Act applies to that country.

(3) Subregulation (2) does not affect the operation of subregulation (1).
(NOTE: Schedule 1 lists the countries, other than Australia, that have
ratified the Convention. Articles 7, 10 and 11 of the Convention impose
obligations on Australia to extradite to other State Parties for offences
listed in Article 3 of the Convention. An effect of Article 11 of the
Convention is that Australian law governs the handling of extradition requests
made to Australia under the Convention.)