Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 403 EXTRADITION (TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS - REG 5

5. (1) The Act applies to each specified country subject to the limitations,
conditions, exceptions or qualifications set out in article 6 of the UN
Convention.

(2) For the purpose of giving effect to the UN Convention in relation to a
relevant country, 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 each relevant
        specified law (as the case requires), the Act applies to that country.

(3) Subregulation (2) does not affect the operation of subregulation (1).
(NOTE: the Schedule lists the countries, other than Australia, that have
ratified the UN Convention. Article 6 of that Convention imposes an obligation
on Australia to extradite to other State Parties for convention offences
(i.e., the offences listed in Article 3 Paragraph 1 of the UN Convention).
Paragraph 5 of Article 6 provides, in effect, that Australian law governs the
handling of extradition requests made to Australia under the UN Convention.)