accordance with its domestic laws and procedures, to determine whether the country can agree to Australia’s extradition request. Which countries can make an extradition request to Australia? Countries defined as an ‘extradition country’ in Australian legislation can make an extradition request to Australia. An extradition country is defined in the Extradition Act and includes any country that is declared by the regulations to be an extradition country. For example, the Extradition (United States of America) Regulations declare that the US is an extradition country and enable Australia to receive extradition requests from the US. This is different from . Australia can receive mutual assistance requests from any country, without the need for regulations or a treaty. Extradition between Australia and New Zealand There is a separate extradition process for all extradition requests between Australia and New Zealand. For general information regarding the extradition process between Australia and New Zealand, please refer to: Flowchart 6 – Procedure for Incoming New Zealand extradition requests Flowchart 7 – Procedure for Outgoing New Zealand extradition requests
accordance with its domestic laws and procedures, to determine whether the country can agree to Australia’s extradition request. Which countries can make an extradition request to Australia? Countries defined as an ‘extradition country’ in Australian legislation can make an extradition request to Australia. An extradition country is defined in the Extradition Act and includes any country that is declared by the regulations to be an extradition country. For example, the Extradition (United States of America) Regulations declare that the US is an extradition country and enable Australia to receive extradition requests from the US. This is different from . Australia can receive mutual assistance requests from any country, without the need for regulations or a treaty. Extradition between Australia and New Zealand There is a separate extradition process for all extradition requests between Australia and New Zealand. For general information regarding the extradition process between Australia and New Zealand, please refer to: Flowchart 6 – Procedure for Incoming New Zealand extradition requests Flowchart 7 – Procedure for Outgoing New Zealand extradition requests
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