Extradition (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Regulations 1999 (Cth)

Extradition (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Regulations 1999

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 284 as amended

made under the

Extradition Act 1988

This compilation was prepared on 14 October 2009 taking into account amendments up to SLI 2009 No. 257

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] 2 Commencement 3 Definitions 4 Extradition countries 5 Application of the Act

Schedule 1 Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions

Notes

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

These Regulations are the Extradition (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Regulations 1999.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on the commencement of the Criminal Code Amendment (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Act 1999.

3 Definitions Act means the Extradition Act 1988. Convention means the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, done at Paris on 17 December 1997, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 1.

4 Extradition countries

For the definition of extradition country in section 5 of the Act, a country, or a colony, territory or protectorate of a country, for which the Convention is in force is an extradition country.

Note 1 For when the Convention enters into force for a State, see Article 15 of the Convention in Schedule 1.

Note 2 The countries for which the Convention is currently in force are listed on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development website at http://www.oecd.org.

5 Application of the Act

The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in regulation 4. Schedule 1 Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (regulation 3)