1.  This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Extradition (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

2.  The European Convention on Extradition Order 2001(1) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in Part I of Schedule 3 (which names the States parties to the Convention), at the Appropriate points in alphabetical order, the following entries are inserted—

• “Azerbaijan”

• “Serbia and Montenegro”.

  (b)

  in Schedule 4 (which sets out the reservations and declarations made by States parties to the Convention)—

  (i)

  insert Part 3A, as set out in Schedule 1 to this Order, after Part 3;

  (ii)

  in Part 9, remove the following reservation;

  • “Article 2—The obligation to grant extradition shall be restricted to offences, which, under the Danish penal code, are punishable by a penalty more severe than imprisonment for one year or simple detention.”; and

  (iii)

  insert Part 32A, as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order, after Part 32.

  (c)

  in Part I of Schedule 5 (which lists Orders revoked to the extent there specified) after “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” insert—

  • “, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro”.

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council