'Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c.28).
74A. The following subsections shall be substituted for
subsections (3) to (5) of section 3 of the Taking of Hostages
Act 1982 (extradition)-
"(3) 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 the 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 Part I of the
Criminal Justice Act 1988 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 Convention constituted general
extradition arrangements made with that State under Part I of
that Act, but only in respect of offences under this Act and
attempts to commit such offences.
(4) An Order in Council under subsection (3) above may not
exclude section 6 (8) (a) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
(5) For the purposes of the Extradition Act 1870 any act,
wherever committed which-
(a) is an offence under this Act or an attempt to
commit such an offence, and
(b) is an offence against the law of any State in the
case of which that Act has been applied by an
Order in Council under section 2 of that Act,
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