The Extradition (Safety of Maritime Navigation)Order 1997

Whereas the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation which was signed at Rome on 10th March 1988, (referred to in this Order as “the Convention” and set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order)1 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 1st March 1992:

And whereas the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf, supplementary to the Convention, which was signed at Rome on 10th March 1986, (referred to in this Order as “the Protocol” and set out in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Order)2 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 1st March 1992:

And whereas the States mentioned in Part I of 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 18703 are in force:

And whereas the States mentioned in Part II of Schedule 2 to this Order are foreign States in respect of which the Protocol is for the time being in force and in relation to which Orders in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 are in force:

And whereas the States mentioned in Part IA 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 the States mentioned in Part IB of Schedule 3 to this Order are foreign States in respect of which the Protocol 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 19894 provides that where general extradition arrangements have not been made with a State which is a Party to the Convention or, as the case may be, a party to the Protocol, 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 Extradition Act 1989 may be made under section 4 of that Act as if the Convention or, as the case may be, the Protocol constituted general extradition arrangements between the United Kingdom and the foreign State, or any foreign State, party to the Convention or, as the case may be, to the Protocol: