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Office of the Parliamentary Counsel 36 Whitehall London SW1A 2AY

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Switchboard o1 210 3000

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Iain MacLeod Esq

Legal Adviser's Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Downing Street

LONDON SW1

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HLCD 370/2

9 March 1988

R 988

Dear MacLeod,

CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL EXTRADITION

APPLICATION TO COLONIES

Thank you for your letter of 8 March, about which we have spoken.

We quite appreciate your point that

Kingdom government must be protected.

the powers of the United

Hence the proposition that

the governor "may exercise the powers of the Secretary of State"

in subsection (3). This leaves open the possibility that the ✓ Secretary of State may step in himself, though obviously this

would be exceptional.

In subsection (4) the words "recognised by the governor" and

"recognised by the Secretary of State" are new. They are

inspired by the phrase "recognised by the governor" in section

17(1) of the 1870 Act.

In subsection (6)

(6) the words "specified in the Order" are new.

When we spoke, you thought that they might be helpful.

There