The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/2596
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st December 1997.

Section 2

The European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 (“the 1990 Order”) shall be amended as follows:

(a) In Part I of Schedule 2 (which names States parties to the Convention) at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, the following entries shall be inserted—

(i) “Estonia”, and

(ii) “Latvia”.

(b) In Schedule 3 (which sets out the reservations and declarations made by States parties to the Convention)—

(i) the following Part shall be inserted after Part 3—

ESTONIA

DECLARATIONS

(1) Pursuant to Article 6, paragraph 1, sub-paragraph (b) of the Convention, the Republic of Estonia declares that the term “national” within the meaning of this Convention means nationals of the Republic of Estonia;

(2) Pursuant to Article 6, paragraph 1, sub-paragraph (a) of the Convention, the Republic of Estonia reserves the right to refuse extradition of one of her own nationals, if the national has not consented to it;

(3) Pursuant to Article 23 of the Convention, the Republic of Estonia declares that requests and their annexes presented to the Republic of Estonia shall be accompanied by a translation into English.

(ii) the following Part shall be inserted after Part 11—

LATVIA

DECLARATIONS

In pursuance of paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Convention on Extradition of 1957 the Republic of Latvia defines that within the meaning of the Convention, the term “nationals” relates to citizens of the Republic of Latvia and non-citizens who are subjects of the law on the status of former USSR citizens who are not citizens of Latvia or any other State.

(c) In Schedule 5, at the end, there shall be added the following Part, namely—

ORDERS REVOKED WITH EFFECT FROM 1ST DECEMBER 1997

Order in Council dated 12th October 1925 directing that the Extradition Acts shall apply in the case of the Republic of Latvia (S.R. and O. 1925/1029 ).

Order in Council dated 28th June 1926 directing that the Extradition Acts shall apply in the case of the Republic of Estonia (S.R. and O. 1926/840 ).