The Extradition (Drug Trafficking) Order 1997

Whereas the Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (referred to in this Order as “the Convention” and set out in Schedule 1 to this Order) opened for signature at Vienna from 20th December 1988 until 28th February 1989 and subsequently at the United Nations Headquarters, New York until 20th December 19891 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 26th September 1991:

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 1 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 in respect of the offences set out in Article 3, paragraph 1 of the Convention, as if the Convention constituted general extradition arrangements between the United Kingdom and the foreign State, or any foreign State, party to the Convention: