Extradition (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) Order Revocation Order 2020

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  • Extradition (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) Order Revocation Order 2020: revoked, on 31 August 2020, by clause 4.

Reprint as at 31 August 2020

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Extradition (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) Order Revocation Order 2020

(LI 2020/165)

Extradition (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) Order Revocation Order 2020: revoked, on 31 August 2020, by clause 4.

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 27th day of July 2020

Present:
The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

This order is made under sections 15 and 104 of the Extradition Act 1999 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Extradition (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) Order Revocation Order 2020.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 31 July 2020.

4 Revocation of this order

This order is revoked on 31 August 2020.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 31 July 2020, revokes the Extradition (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) Order 1998 (the extradition order).

The effect of the revocation is that the Extradition Act 1999 (which replaced the Extradition Act 1965, under which the extradition order was made) no longer applies to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China in respect of the agreement set out in the Schedule of that order.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 30 July 2020.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Extradition (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) Order Revocation Order 2020 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Extradition (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) Order Revocation Order 2020 (LI 2020/165): clause 4