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EXTRADITION (HELLENIC REPUBLIC) REGULATIONS 1991 1991 NO. 94

STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 94

Subject: Extradition Act 1988

Extradition (Hellenic Republic) Regulations 1991

Section 55 of the Extradition Act 1988 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act. Paragraph 11(1) (a) of the Act provides that regulations may apply the Act to a specified foreign country to give effect to a bilateral extradition treaty.

The Treaty between Australia and the Hellenic Republic on extradition was signed at Athens on 13 April 1987 (the Treaty). A copy of the Treaty is set out in the Schedule to the Regulations.

Details of the Regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 is a citation provision.

Regulation 2 provides for the Regulations to commence on 5 July 1991.

Regulation 3 is an interpretation provision.

Regulation 4 declares the Hellenic Republic to be an extradition country for the purposes of the Act.

Regulation 5 applies the Act to the Hellenic Republic subject to the provision of the Treaty which is reproduced as a Schedule to the Regulations.