Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 2768
Extradition
The Extradition Act 2003 (Specification of Category 1 Territories) Order 2009
Made
15th October 2009
Laid before Parliament
16th October 2009
Coming into force
16th November 2009
1. This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Specification of Category 1 Territories) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 16th November 2009.
2. The category 1 territories listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order are specified for the purpose of section 155A(3) of the Extradition Act 2003.
3. For extradition requests made to a category 1 territory specified in this Order to which section 155A of the 2003 Act applies, which relate to acts committed before the relevant date listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order, Part 3 of the Extradition Act 2003 is to have effect as if that territory were a category 2 territory.
West of Spithead
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
15th October 2009
Article 2
SCHEDULE Category 1 territories
| Category 1 territory | Relevant date( 3 ) |
|---|---|
| Austria | 7 th August 2002 |
| The Czech Republic | 1 st November 2004 |
| France | 1 st November 1993 |
| Italy | 7 th August 2002 |
| Luxembourg | 7 th August 2002 |
| Slovenia | 7 th August 2002 |
Section 155A was inserted into the Extradition Act 2003 by section 42 of, and paragraph 24 of Schedule 13 to, the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c.48) .
The relevant dates listed in column 2 are, in accordance with section 155A(1) of the Extradition Act 2003, the particular dates in respect of which the Member States listed in column 1 consider extradition requests concerning offences committed before that date otherwise than in accordance with the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States.