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Extradition (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Regulations 2002
Statutory Rules 2002 No. 201 as amended
made under the
Extradition Act 1988
This compilation was prepared on 10 June 2009
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2009 No. 97
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

 Contents
 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
 2 Commencement [see Note 1]
 3 Definitions
 4 Extradition countries
 5 Application of the Act
Schedule 1 The Convention
Notes

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
  These Regulations are the Extradition (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Regulations 2002.
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
  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 Extradition Act 1988.
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 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 22 of the Convention.
Note 2   The countries for which the Convention is currently in force are listed on the United Nations website at http://www.un.org.
5 Application of the Act
  The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in regulation 4.
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,