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2003 No. 3333
EXTRADITION
The Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1 Territories) Order 2003

	Made	18th December 2003
	Coming into force	1st January 2004

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by each House of Parliament;

     Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Extradition Act 2003[1], hereby makes the following Order:

     1. This Order may be cited as the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 1 Territories) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004.

     2.  - (1) The territories set out in paragraph (2) are hereby designated for the purposes of Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003.

    (2) Those territories are - 

     Belgium,

     Denmark,

     Finland,

     Ireland,

     Portugal,

     Spain,

     Sweden.

Caroline Flint
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office
18th December 2003

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 introduces new extradition procedures. These procedures include a new statutory appeal process and a reduced involvement of the Secretary of State. Article 2 designates those territories with which the United Kingdom will be operating the new extradition procedures.

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Notes:

[1] 2003 c. 41.back

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ISBN 0 11 048380 4

  Prepared 30 December 2003