Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01238:reg:2b:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01238
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2B (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 7828–10142

Article 2 of the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, done at New York on 15 December 1997;
 (iv) Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, done at Vienna on 20 December 1988;
 (v) Article 2 of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, done at New York on 13 April 2005; or
 (b) the offence is established in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption, done at New York on 31 October 2003.
 (3) For paragraph (c) of the definition of political offence in section 5 of the Act, an offence is not a political offence, in relation to the countries mentioned in subregulation (4), if:
 (a) the offence is constituted by taking or endangering, attempting to take or endanger, or participating in the taking or endangering of, the life of a person; and
 (b) the offence is committed in circumstances in which the conduct mentioned in paragraph (a) creates a collective danger, whether direct or indirect, to the lives of other persons.
 (4) For subregulation (3), the countries are as follows:
 (a) each Commonwealth country within the meaning of the Extradition (Commonwealth countries) Regulations 2010;
 (b) Canada;
 (c) Cook Islands;
 (d) Denmark;
 (e) Iceland;
 (f) Japan;
 (g) Kiribati;
 (h) Nauru;
 (i) Papua New Guinea;
 (j) Republic of Estonia;
 (k) Republic of the Marshall Islands;
 (l) Samoa;
 (m) Solomon Islands;
 (n) Tonga;
 (o) Tuvalu;
 (p) United Kingdom;
 (q) Vanuatu.
 (5) For paragraph (c) of the definition of political offence in section 5 of the Act, an offence is not a political offence, in relation to the Republic of Estonia, if the offence is constituted by:
 (a) the murder, kidnapping, or other attack on the person or liberty of:
 (i) the head of state of the Republic of Estonia; or
 (ii) the head of government of the Republic of Estonia; or
 (iii) a family member of the head of state, or head of government, of the Republic of Estonia; or
 (b) a threat, or attempt, to commit a murder, kidnapping, or other attack on the person or liberty of a person mentioned in paragraph (a); or
 (c) participation as an accomplice in a murder, kidnapping, or other attack on the person or liberty of a person mentioned in paragraph (a).