Extradition (Uruguay) Regulations 2010 (Cth)

Extradition (Uruguay) Regulations 20101

Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 163

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, 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 29 June 2010

QUENTIN BRYCE Governor‑General By Her Excellency's Command

BRENDAN O'CONNOR Minister for Home Affairs 1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Extradition (Uruguay) Regulations 2010.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day on which the Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, done at Montevideo in Uruguay on 7 October 1988, enters into force.

3 Definition

In these Regulations: Uruguay means the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

4 Declaration that Uruguay is an extradition country

Uruguay is declared to be an extradition country.

5 Application of Act

The Extradition Act 1988 applies to Uruguay subject to the Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1. Schedule 1 Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (regulation 5)

TREATY ON EXTRADITION BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY (Montevideo, 7 October 1988)

AUSTRALIA AND THE ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY, 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 in the courts of the Requesting State or for the imposition or enforcement of a sentence imposed by a court in the Requesting State, for an extraditable offence.