Extradition (Currency) Regulations 2009

These Regulations are the Extradition (Currency) Regulations 2009.

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

The Extradition (Currency) Regulations are repealed.

In these Regulations:

Act means the Extradition Act 1988.

Convention means the International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency and the protocol to that Convention, a copy of the English text of each of which is set out in the Schedule to the Crimes (Currency) Act 1981.

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 Articles 25 and 26 of the Convention in the Schedule to the Crimes (Currency) Act 1981.

Note 2 The countries for which the Convention is currently in force are listed on the United Nations website at http://www.un.org.

The Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in regulation 5.

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1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.