1991 No. 1720

Made24th July 1991

Laid before Parliament1st August 1991

Coming into forcein accordance with Article 1

Whereas the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”) opened for signature at Vienna and New York on 3rd March 19801 the terms of which are set out in Schedule 1 to this Order, was signed by the United Kingdom on 13th June 1980:

And whereas it is intended to ratify the Convention:

And whereas the States mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Order are foreign States in respect of which the Convention is for the time being in force and in relation to which Orders in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 18702 are in force:

And whereas the States mentioned in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Order are foreign States in respect of which the Convention is for the time being in force but with which no general extradition arrangements have been made:

And whereas section 22(3) of the Extradition Act 19893 provides that where general extradition arrangements have not been made with a State which is a party to the Convention, and no Order in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 is in force in relation to that State, an Order in Council applying the 1989 Act may be made under section 4 of that Act as if the Convention constituted general extradition arrangements between the United Kingdom and the foreign State, or any foreign State, party to the Convention: