EXTRADITION ACT 1988

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EXTRADITION ACT 1988 - NOTES

Compilation Information

Extradition Act 1988

Act No. 4 of 1988 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 12 September 2002
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 66 of 2002
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated
may be affected by application provisions that are set out in
the Notes section

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

EXTRADITION ACT 1988
Notes to the Extradition Act 1988

Note 1

The Extradition Act 1988 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 4, 1988 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
The Extradition Act 1988 was modified by the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (1989 No. 3 as amended) see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Extradition Act 1988	4, 1988	9 Mar 1988	1 Dec 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S366)
Extradition Amendment Act 1990	76, 1990	22 Oct 1990	22 Oct 1990	S. 4(2) and (3)
Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991	139, 1991	27 Sept 1991	16 Mar 1992 (see Gazette 1992, No. S65)	S. 41(1)
Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1994	182, 1994	19 Dec 1994	S. 31: 16 Jan 1995 (a)	—
Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1997	20, 1997	7 Apr 1997	Schedule 1 (items 19, 20): Royal Assent (b)	—
Criminal Code Amendment (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Act 2002	58, 2002	3 July 2002	Schedule 1: 8 Sept 2002 (see Gazette 2002, No. S331) Remainder: Royal Assent	—
Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002	66, 2002	5 July 2002	Schedule 4: (c)	—

(a) The Extradition Act 1988 was amended by section 31 only of the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1994, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

(4) The amendments made by this Act to the Australian Federal Police Act 1979, the Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991 (other than the amendment made to Schedule 5 to that Act), the Crimes (Hostages) Act 1989, the Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976, the Crimes (Overseas) Act 1964, the Crimes (Superannuation Benefits) Act 1989, the Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990, the Customs Act 1901, the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983, the Extradition Act 1988, the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 and to sections 23 and 59 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 commence on the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(b) The Extradition Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 19 and 20) only of the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c) The Extradition Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 4 only of the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002, subsection 2(1) (item 7) of which provides as follows:

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
7. Schedule 4	Immediately after the start of the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent	6 July 2002

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 5	am. No. 139, 1991; No. 182, 1994; Nos. 58 and 66, 2002
Ss. 10, 11	am. No. 76, 1990
S. 15	am. No. 20, 1997
S. 19	am. No. 76, 1990
S. 21	am. No. 76, 1990
S. 33A	ad. No. 76, 1990
S. 35	am. No. 76, 1990
S. 43	am. No. 76, 1990
S. 49	am. No. 20, 1997
S. 49A	ad. No. 76, 1990

Table A Table A

Modifications

A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations

Section 5 (definition of magistrate)

Before "the Northern Territory" (wherever occurring) insert "the Australian Capital Territory,".

Paragraph 46(1)(b)

Omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

"(b) arrange with:

(i): the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory; or
(ii): the Administrator of the Northern Territory or the Territory of Norfolk Island;

for the performance, by all or any of the persons who from time to time hold office as magistrates of that Territory, of the functions of a magistrate under this Act.".