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Extradition (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Regulations 1999

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 284 as amended

made under the

Extradition Act 1988

This compilation was prepared on 14 October 2009
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2009 No. 257

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
 2 Commencement
 3 Definitions
 4 Extradition countries
 5 Application of the Act

Schedule 1 Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions

Notes

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Extradition (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Regulations 1999.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the commencement of the Criminal Code Amendment (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Act 1999.

3 Definitions
Act means the Extradition Act 1988.
Convention means the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, done at Paris on 17 December 1997, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 1.

4 Extradition countries

  For the definition of extradition country in section 5 of the Act, a country, or a colony, territory or protectorate of a country, for which the Convention is in force is an extradition country.

Note 1   For when the Convention enters into force for a State, see Article 15 of the Convention in Schedule 1.

Note 2   The countries for which the Convention is currently in force are listed on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development website at http://www.oecd.org.

5 Application of the Act

  The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in regulation 4.
Schedule 1 Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
(regulation 3)

CONVENTION ON COMBATING BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

Preamble

The Parties,

Considering that bribery is a widespread phenomenon in international business transactions, including trade and investment, which raises serious moral and political concerns, undermines good governance and economic development, and distorts international competitive conditions;

Considering that all countries share a responsibility to combat bribery in international business transactions;

Having regard to the Revised Recommendation on Combating Bribery in International Business Transactions, adopted by the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on 23 May 1997, C(97)123/FINAL, which, inter alia, called for effective measures to deter, prevent and combat the bribery of foreign public officials in connection with international business transactions, in particular the prompt criminalisation of such bribery in an effective and coordinated manner and in conformity with the agreed common elements set out in that Recommendation and with the jurisdictional and other basic legal principles of each country;

Welcoming other recent developments which further