Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order which comes into force on 1st December 1993, amends the European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 by adding Hungary and Poland to the States parties to the European Convention on Extradition listed in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Order. It also adds the declarations and reservations made by Hungary and the declaration made by Poland to the reservations and declarations set out in Schedule 3 to the 1990 Order and has the effect of revoking the Orders in Council embodying the extradition treaties between the United Kingdom and Hungary and the United Kingdom and Poland to the extent that they apply to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.