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EXTRADITION (AVIATION) REGULATIONS 1992 NO. 67

Statutory Rules 1992 No. 67

Issued by the Authority of the Attorney-General

Extradition Act 1988

Extradition (Aviation) Regulations

Section 55 of the Extradition Act 1988 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed. Subsection 11(1A) of the Act provides that regulations may apply the Act in relation to specific extradition countries to give effect to a multilateral extradition treaty.

The Regulations apply the Act to all countries listed in Schedule 1 subject to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, also known as the Hague Convention, and to all countries in Schedule 2 subject to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, also known as the Montréal Convention. Each of the Conventions is defined and set out in the Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991.

Details of the Regulations are as follows.

Regulation 1 is a citation provision.

Regulation 2 provides that the Regulations will commence on the day on which the Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991 commences.

Regulation 3 is an interpretation provision.

Regulation 4 declares each of the countries listed in Schedules 1 and 2 to be an extradition country. It also applies the Act to all countries specified in Schedule 1 subject to the Hague Convention, a copy of which forms Schedule 1 of the Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991 and to all the countries specified in Schedule 2 subject to the Montréal Convention, a copy of which forms Schedule 2 of the Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991.

Regulation 5 repeals statutory rules which made reference to Acts which will be repealed by the Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991.