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Extradition (Iceland) Regulations 1988
Statutory Rules 1988 No. 303 as amended
made under the
Extradition Act 1988
This compilation was prepared on 20 September 2012
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2012 No. 210
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents
 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
 2 Interpretation
 3 Declaration of Iceland as extradition country
 5 Application of Act in relation to Iceland
 6 Limitations, etc. in relation to application of Act
Notes

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
  These Regulations are the Extradition (Iceland) Regulations 1988.
2 Interpretation
  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
relevant act or omission means an act or omission by a person in relation to an offence to which an extradition request for the surrender of the person relates, being an act or omission:
 (a) that is, in or in connection with the request, alleged to have taken place; or
 (b) of which evidence is produced in connection with the request;
requesting country means Iceland;
the Act means the Extradition Act 1988.
3 Declaration of Iceland as extradition country
  Iceland is declared to be an extradition country.
5 Application of Act in relation to Iceland
  The Act applies in relation to Iceland subject to the limitations, conditions, exceptions or qualifications specified in regulation 6.
6 Limitations, etc. in relation to application of Act
 (1) A person is not liable to be surrendered to the requesting country under a surrender warrant or temporary surrender warrant under Part II of the Act for an offence to which an extradition request by that country relates if:
 (a) had the relevant act or omission been alleged to have been committed by the person in, or within the jurisdiction of, the part of Australia where the person was found, the period within which proceedings could, in accordance with the law in force in that part of Australia, have been commenced against the person in respect of the offence constituted under that law by the act or omission would, at the time when the extradition request was made, have expired; or
 (b) the relevant act or omission is, under the law in force in any part of Australia, regarded as constituting an offence committed by the person, either in whole or in part, in, or within the jurisdiction of, Australia or that part of Australia.
 (2) The Attorney‑General shall not issue a surrender warrant or temporary surrender warrant under Part II of the Act in relation to a person if the person, on being extradited to the requesting country, would be liable to be tried in that country by a court or tribunal:
 (a) that has been specially established