The Extradition (Tokyo Convention) Order 1997

1.  This Order may be cited as the Extradition (Tokyo Convention) Order 1997, and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.

2.—(1) Schedule 2 to this Order specifies in the first column foreign States which are Parties to the Convention and with which extradition treaties (and relevant Orders in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870) are for the time being in force, in the second column the dates of those treaties, and in the third column those Orders in Council; and

(2) Schedule 1 to the Extradition Act 1989(1) shall apply in the case of a State specified in the first column (being a foreign State which is a Party to the Convention) in accordance with the extradition treaty whose date is specified in the corresponding entry in the second column, as supplemented by paragraph 1 of Article 16 of the Convention; and the Order in Council which gives effect to that extradition treaty shall be construed accordingly.

3.  The Extradition Act 1989, so far as it relates to extradition procedures under Part III of that Act, shall apply in the case of a State specified in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Order (being a State in respect of which the Convention is in force) subject to the limitations, restrictions, exceptions and qualifications contained in Part II of that Schedule.

4.  The following Orders are hereby revoked—

• The Extradition (Tokyo Convention) Order 1971(2);

• The Extradition (Tokyo Convention) (Amendment) Order 1982(3);

• The Extradition (Tokyo Convention) (Amendment) Order 1985(4);

• The Extradition (Tokyo Convention) (Amendment) Order 1986(5).

5.  This Order extends only to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and to the territories specified in Schedule 4 to this Order.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council