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Name of regulation

This regulation is the Extradition (Cybercrime) Regulation 2013.

Commencement

This regulation commences on 1 March 2013.

Note:

The commencement day is the day the Convention enters into force for Australia.

Authority

This regulation is made under the Extradition Act 1988.

Definitions

In this regulation:

Act means the Extradition Act 1988.

Convention means the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, done at Budapest on 23 November 2001.

Note:

In 2013, the text of the Convention was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).

Extradition countries

For the definition of extradition country in section 5 of the Act, a country for which the Convention is in force is an extradition country.

Note 1:

Articles 36 and 37 of the Convention set out when the Convention enters into force for a country.

Note 2:

In 2013, a list of the countries for which the Convention was in force was on the Council of Europe website (http://hub.coe.int/).

Application of Act in relation to extradition countries

For subsection 11(1A) of the Act, the Act applies, subject to the Convention, to an extradition country mentioned in section 5.