The Extradition (Tokyo Convention) Order 1997

Whereas the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed On Board Aircraft (referred to in this Order as “the Convention” and set out in Schedule 1 to this Order) signed at Tokyo on 14th September 1963 entered into force for the United Kingdom on 4th December 1969:

And whereas Article 16, paragraph 1 of the Convention provides as follows—

And whereas section 2(1) of the Tokyo Convention Act 19671 provides that for the purposes of the application of the Extradition Act 18702 to crimes committed on board an aircraft in flight, any aircraft registered in a country in which the Convention is for the time being in force shall at any time while that aircraft is in flight be deemed to be within the jurisdiction of that country, whether or not it is for the time being also within the jurisdiction of any other country:

And whereas the States specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are foreign Sates 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 1870 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 18704 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 constituted general extradition arrangements between the United Kingdom and the foreign State, or any foreign State, party to the Convention: