Federal Register of Legislation
Extradition (Latvia) Regulations 2004
Statutory Rules 2004 No. 3691
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Extradition Act 1988. Dated 16 December 2004
P. M. JEFFERY Governor-General By His Excellency's Command
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON Minister for Justice and Customs
Contents
1 Name of Regulations 2 Commencement 3 Extradition (Latvia) Regulations 2000 — repeal 4 Definition 5 Declaration that Republic of Latvia is an extradition country 6 Application of Act
Schedule 1 Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Republic of Latvia
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Extradition (Latvia) Regulations 2004.
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on 16 January 2005.
3 Extradition (Latvia) Regulations 2000 — repeal
Statutory Rules 2000 No. 179 is repealed.
4 Definition
In these Regulations: Latvia means the Republic of Latvia.
5 Declaration that Republic of Latvia is an extradition country
The Republic of Latvia is declared to be an extradition country.
6 Application of Act
The Extradition Act 1988 applies to the Republic of Latvia subject to the Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Republic of Latvia, a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Republic of Latvia (regulation 6)
TREATY ON EXTRADITION BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA (Riga, 14 July 2000)
AUSTRALIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, hereinafter referred to as "Contracting States",
DESIRING to make more effective the co-operation of the two countries in the suppression of crime by concluding a treaty on extradition,
HAVE AGREED as follows:
Article 1
Obligation to extradite
Each Contracting State agrees to extradite to the other, in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, any persons who are wanted for prosecution or the imposition or enforcement of a sentence in the Requesting State for an extraditable offence.
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