operating under the 1881 Act. For example the request to New Zealand for
Daily in 1979 failed when the Supreme Court discharged him on the basis that the 1881 Act could no longer apply to New Zealand: New Zealand has since
re-applied the Act by appropriate legislation and presumably intends to
implement the Scheme in due course. Similar views have been expressed by the
Deon authorities in Jamaica and Trinidad although no application has refused for
this reason. The application to Barbados for Biggs failed because of a
technical failure to designate the UK.
LINE TO TAKE
12.
The Act is applied by designation to Commonwealth countries and we have
designated all such countries at, or soon after, they have achieved
independence without secking assurance as to reciprocity, although as a matter
of practice we have satisfied ourselves as to the legal basis of extradition
from that country. We believe that all Commonwealth countries who have
implemented the Scheme / designated the UK or taken whatever action has been
necessary. We would hope that there was no need for any administrative
review as proposed by Professor Shearer.
have
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