"(3) Where-
(a) no such arrangement as is mentioned in section 2 of
the Extradition Act 1870 had 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.
(3A) An Order in Council under subsection (3) above may not
exclude section 6 (8) (a) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
(4) For the proposes of Part I of the Criminal Justice Act
1988, in its application by virtue of an Order in Council under
subsection (3) above as between the United Kingdom and any
other State any act or omission, wherever it takes place,
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 that State,
shall be deemed to be an offence committed within the territory
of that State."
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