(1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, made on the recommendation of the Minister, declare that a country to which this Part applies under section 13 is also a country to which section 25 applies (an exempted country).
(2) Before recommending the making of an Order in Council under subsection (1), the Minister must consider whether, with respect to the requirements to produce evidence, the country to be exempted is able to deal with extradition requests from New Zealand in any manner that has similar effect to that permitted by section 25 in relation to requests to New Zealand from the country to be exempted.