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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Regulations 2002

  Statutory Rules 2002 No. 2021

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987.
Dated 5 September 2002

  PETER HOLLINGWORTH
  Governor-General
  By His Excellency's Command

  CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON
  Minister for Justice and Customs

Contents

 1 Name of Regulations
 2 Commencement
 3 Definitions
 4 Application of the Act

Schedule 1 The Convention

Schedule 2 Countries to which the Act applies subject to the Convention

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Regulations 2002.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Act 2002.

3 Definitions
In these Regulations:
Act means the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987.
Convention means the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, done at New York on 15 December 1997, a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1.

4 Application of the Act

  The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to each country mentioned in Schedule 2.
Schedule 1 The Convention
(regulation 3)

International Convention for the Suppression
of Terrorist Bombings

 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,

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

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

 Recalling also 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 the territorial integrity and security of States",

 Noting that the Declaration also encouraged States "to review urgently the scope of the existing international legal provisions on the prevention, repression and elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, with the aim of ensuring that there is a comprehensive legal framework covering all aspects of the matter",

 Recalling further General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996 and the Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, annexed thereto,

 Noting also that terrorist attacks by means of explosives or other lethal