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Extradition (Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism) Regulation 20121

  Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 277

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Extradition Act 1988.
Dated 6 December 2012

  QUENTIN BRYCE
  Governor-General
  By Her Excellency's Command

  NICOLA ROXON
  Attorney-General

1 Name of regulation

  This regulation is the Extradition (Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism) Regulation 2012.

2 Commencement

  This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Definitions

  In this regulation:
Act means the Extradition Act 1988.
Convention means the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, done at New York on 13 April 2005, 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 a 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 25 of the Convention in Schedule 1.

Note 2   The countries for which the Convention is currently in force are listed on the United Nations website at www.un.org.

5 Application of the Act

  The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in section 4.
Schedule 1 International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
(section 3)

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (New York, 13 April 2005)

The States Parties to this Convention,

Having in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations concerning the maintenance of international peace and security and the promotion of good-neighbourliness and friendly relations and cooperation among States,

Recalling the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations of 24 October 1995,

Recognizing the right of all States to develop and apply nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and their legitimate interests in the potential benefits to be derived from the peaceful application of nuclear energy,

Bearing in mind the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material of 1980,

Deeply concerned about the worldwide escalation of acts of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,

Recalling the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism annexed to General Assembly resolution 49/60 of 9 December 1994, in which, inter alia, the States Members of the United Nations solemnly reaffirm their unequivocal condemnation of all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, wherever and by whomever committed, including those which jeopardize the friendly relations among States and peoples and threaten