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APPENDIX 7: DESIGNATIONS

Designations under Part 1 of the 2003 Act

Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 deals with countries operating the European Arrest Warrant (EAW). Countries designated under Part 1 of the Act are set out in Box 1.

Box 1: Part 1 (EAW) countries
AustriaIreland
BelgiumItaly
BulgariaLatvia
CroatiaLithuania
CyprusLuxembourg
Czech RepublicMalta
DenmarkThe Netherlands
EstoniaPoland
FinlandPortugal
FranceRomania
GermanySlovakia
GibraltarSlovenia
GreeceSpain
HungarySweden

Designations under Part 2 of the 2003 Act

Part 2 of the 2003 Act deals with all other countries with which the UK has extradition arrangements. Most countries designated under Part 2 of the act are required to make a prima facie case when submitting an extradition request to the UK. These countries are set out in Box 2.

Box 2: Designated Part 2 countries
AlgeriaMaldives
Antigua and BarbudaMauritius
ArgentinaMexico
The BahamasMonaco[502]
BangladeshMontenegro[503]
BarbadosNauru
BelizeNicaragua
BoliviaNigeria
BotswanaPanama
BrazilPapua New Guinea
BruneiParaguay
ChilePeru
ColombiaSaint Christopher and Nevis
Cook IslandsSaint Lucia
CubaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
DominicaSan Marino
EcuadorSerbia
El SalvadorSeychelles
FijiSierra Leone
The GambiaSingapore
GhanaSolomon Islands
GrenadaSri Lanka
GuatemalaSwaziland
GuyanaTanzania
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Thailand
HaitiTonga
IndiaTrinidad and Tobago
IraqTuvalu
JamaicaUganda
KenyaUruguay
KiribatiThe United Arab Emirates
LesothoVanuatu
LiberiaWestern Samoa
LibyaZambia
MalawiZimbabwe
Malaysia

In January 2015 the Government brought forward proposals to designate additional territories for the purposes of Part 2 of the Act.[504] These territories are set out in Box 3.

Box 3: Proposed additions to Part 2 designations
AnguillaPhilippines
BermudaPitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
British Antarctic TerritorySaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
British Indian Ocean TerritorySouth Georgia and the Sandwich Islands
Cayman IslandsThe Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekalia[505]
Falkland IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands
KosovoVirgin Islands
Montserrat

As noted in paragraph 368, some Part 2 countries are further designated, meaning they are not required to present a prima facie case when submitting an extradition request to the UK. Further designated Part 2 countries are set out in Box 4.

Box 4: Further designated Part 2 countries as pursuant to section 84 (7) of the 2003 Act
AlbaniaMoldova
AndorraNew Zealand
ArmeniaNorway
AustraliaThe Republic of Korea
AzerbaijanRussian Federation
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSerbia
CanadaSouth Africa
GeorgiaSwitzerland
IcelandTurkey
IsraelUkraine
LiechtensteinThe United States of America
Macedonia, FYRHong Kong Special Administrative Region[506]

In January 2015, the Government brought forward proposals to further designate other territories.[507] These territories are set out in Box 5.

Box 5: Proposed additions to Part 2 further designated countries
ArubaMontenegro
BonaireSaba
CuraçaoSan Marino
Faroe IslandsSint Eustatius
GreenlandSint Maarten
Monaco



502   Monaco is due to be removed from this list, see Box 5. Back

503   Montenegro is due to be removed from this list, see Box 5. Back

504   Draft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations and Appeals) Order 2015 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127322 [accessed 3 March 2015] Back

505   That is to say the areas mentioned in the section 2(1) of the Cyprus Act 1960(c). Back

506   Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is further designated for the purposes of issuing an arrest warrant in relation to Requested Person. For extradition to go ahead a prime facie case is still required, hence its inclusion in Box 4. Back

507   Draft Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations and Appeals) Order 2015 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127322 [accessed 3 March 2015] Back


 
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