S.L. 276.8 Art. 3Relationship between the Order and the relevant Act and transitory provisions. Adapted by: L.N. 332 of 2009.

(1) Only the provisions of this Order, save where otherwise expressly indicated, shall apply to requests received or made by Malta on or after the relevant date for the return of a fugitive criminal to or from a scheduled country, or to persons returned to Malta from a scheduled country in pursuance of a request made under this Order, and the provisions of this Order shall have effect in relation to the return under this Order of persons to, or in relation to persons returned under this Order from, any scheduled country subject to such conditions, exceptions, adaptations or modifications as are specified in this Order.

(2) The relevant Act and any applicable Order in force before the relevant date shall continue to apply to requests for the return of a fugitive criminal to a scheduled country pending in Malta on the relevant date and to requests made by Malta to a scheduled country before the relevant date, and any arrangement applicable between that country and Malta before the relevant date shall also continue to apply to those requests.

(3) Where a scheduled country has, in terms of the Arrangement, given notice that as the requested country the legislation in force before its legislation implementing the provisions of the Arrangement applies to acts committed before a date specified by it, the relevant Act and any applicable Order in force before the relevant date shall continue to apply to those acts and any arrangement applicable between that country and Malta before the relevant date shall also continue to apply thereto.