S.I. No. 44/2010 - Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act 2001 (Section 10) Order 2010.

S.I. No. 44 of 2010

EXTRADITION (EUROPEAN UNION CONVENTIONS) ACT 2001 (SECTION 10) ORDER 2010

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 19th February, 2010.

I, MICHEÁL MARTIN, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 10 (as amended by section 52 (b) of the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 (No. 45 of 2003)) of the Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act 2001 (No. 49 of 2001), hereby make the following order:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act 2001 (Section 10) Order 2010.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 1 February 2010.

2. The United States of America is designated as a country deemed to have adopted the Convention of 1996.

3. Part 3 of the Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act 2001 (No. 49 of 2001) applies to the United States of America.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 January 2010.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order designates the United States of America as a country being deemed to have adopted the Convention relating to extradition between the Member States of the European Union drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, done at Brussels on 27 September 1996, and applies Part 3 of the Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act 2001 to the United States of America.