Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act, 2001

Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act.

23.—Section 8 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the insertion of the following subsection:

“(1A) Where at any time after the making of an order under subsection (1) a country becomes a party to an extradition agreement to which that order applies, the Government may by order so declare and this Part shall upon the making of the second-mentioned order apply to that country.”,

(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) An order relating to an extradition agreement (other than an order under subsection (1A) (inserted by section 23 (a) of the Extradition (European Union Conventions) Act, 2001)) shall recite or embody the terms of the agreement and shall be evidence of the making of the agreement and of its terms.

(3A) An order under subsection (1A) shall in relation to the extradition agreement concerned recite or embody the terms of any reservation or declaration entered to that agreement by a country to which the order applies, and shall be evidence of the reservation or declaration (if any) and of its terms.

(3B) An order under subsection (2) shall recite or embody the terms of the amendment and shall be evidence of the making of the arrangement amending the extradition agreement concerned and of the terms of the amendment.”,

and

(c) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (8):

“(8) A notice of the making of each order under this section shall be published in Iris Oifigiúil as soon as may be after it is made.”.