Regulation
Extradition Act 1968(Section 3)Federal Republic of Germany (Extradition) Order in Council 19602024 REVISED EDITION(18 December 2024)The following Order of Her Majesty in Council made on the 3rd day of August, 1960, entitled “The Federal Republic of Germany (Extradition) Order, 1960”, is published for general information:No. S 237/1960 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (EXTRADITION) ORDER, 1960. Made3rd August, 1960.Laid before Parliament9th August, 1960.Coming into Operation1st September, 1960. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3rd day of August, 1960.Present:The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council.Whereas an Agreement(a) was concluded on the 23rd February, 1960, between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Extradition of Fugitive Criminals (hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”), the terms of which are set out in the First Schedule to this Order:
Cmnd. 1002.And Whereas Article 1 of the Agreement provides that Articles I to XIV of the Treaty(b) between the United Kingdom and Germany for the Mutual Surrender of Fugitive Criminals signed at London on the 14th of May, 1872, shall be reapplied, with amendments, as between the territories mentioned in Article II of the Agreement, and Articles I to XIV of the said Treaty, as so amended, are set out in the Second Schedule to this Order:
C. 564. (Printed in S.R. & O. Rev. IX, p. 148).And Whereas the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany have not delivered a declaration that the Agreement shall not apply to Land Berlin, in accordance with Article II thereof:And Whereas it has been agreed by an Exchange of Notes on the 16th of July, 1960, the terms of which are set out in the Third Schedule to this Order, that the Agreement shall come into force on the 1st of September, 1960:Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on Her by the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1935, or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:1.The Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1935, shall apply in the case of the Federal Republic of Germany and Land Berlin (West Berlin) under and in accordance with the Agreement.2.The operation of this Order is limited to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and the other territories (including their dependencies) specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Order.3.This Order may be cited as the Federal Republic of Germany (Extradition) Order, 1960. It shall come into operation on the 1st September, 1960.W. G. AGNEW