(5)

(b) an attempt to commit such an offence;

(c) counselling, procuring, commanding, aiding or abetting

such an offence; and

(d) being accessory before or after the fact to such an

offence.

(2) The provisions of the

the Criminal Justice Act 1988 mentioned in subsection (1) above are-

(a) section 1;

(b) sections 3 to 10; and

(c) sections 12 to 17.

(3) An Order in Council under this section may not exclude section 6(8)(a) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

(4) For the purposes of the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 specified in subsection (2) above, in their application by virtue of an Order in Council under this section as between the United Kingdom and any other State, any act or omission, wherever it takes place, which is-

(a) an offence mentioned in subsection (1) above; and

(b) an offence against the law of that State,

shall be deemed to be an offence committed within the territory. of that State.

(5) In this section "the Convention" means the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages opened for signature at New York on 18 December 1979."

74B. The following subsections shall be substituted for section 5(1) of that Act-

"(1) Sections 17 and 22 of the Extradition Act 1870 shall extend to section 3(1) and (4) above.

(1A) Sections 19 and [ Application to Colonies ] of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 shall extend to section 3A above."

Aviation Security Act 1982 (c.36)

74C. (1) The following section shall be inserted after section 9 of the Aviation Security Act 1982-

"Extradition

under Part I of Criminal Justice Act 1968.

9A. (1) Where-

(a) no such arrangement as is mentioned in section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 has been made with a State which is a party to a relevant Convention; and

(b) general extradition arrangements have not been made with that State under Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1988,

Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 specified in subsection (2) below shall apply as between the United Kingdom and that State, subject to the limitations, restrictions, exceptions and qualifications, if any, contained in the Order, as if the relevant Convention constituted general extradition arrangements made

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