1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Extradition (Torture) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 22nd May 2003.

(2) In this Order “the 1997 Order” means the Extradition (Torture) Order 1997( 2 ).

2. —(1) Schedule 2 to the 1997 Order (foreign States which are parties to the Convention and in relation to which Orders in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870( 3 ) are in force) is amended as follows.

(2) The entries in respect of Albania, Romania, Russian Federation and Yugoslavia are omitted.

(3) There is inserted, at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, the following entries—

3. —(1) Part I of Schedule 3 to the 1997 Order (foreign States which are parties to the Convention but with which no extradition treaties are in force) is amended as follows.

(2) The entries in respect of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Macedonia Former Yugoslavia Republic of, Moldova and Ukraine are omitted.

(3) There is inserted, at the appropriate place in alphabetical order, the following entries—

• “Bahrain”;

• “Burkina Faso”;

• “Djibouti”;

• “Equatorial Guinea”;

• “Gabon”;

• “Honduras”;

• “Indonesia”;

• “Japan”;

• “Kazakhstan”;

• “Kyrgyzstan”;

• “Lebanon”;

• “Mali”;

• “Mongolia”;

• “Morocco”;

• “Niger”;

• “Qatar”;

• “Saudi Arabia”;

• “Turkmenistan”.