S.L. 276.8 Art. 4Scheduled countries. S.L. 276.03 S.L. 276.04

(1) Subject to the provisions of article 3, those countries listed in Schedule 1 are hereby being designated as foreign countries for the purposes of article 7 of the relevant Act in respect of requests for the return of fugitive criminals from or to a scheduled country received or made by Malta on or after the relevant date and any arrangement with any such country, other than the Arrangement, applicable to Malta before the relevant date shall, in respect of such requests, be deemed to have been revoked with effect from the relevant date.

(2) Subject to the provisions of article 3, the provisions of the Extradition (Designated Foreign Countries) Order (No.2), of the Extraditon (Designated Foreign Countries) Order, and those of the European Convention on Extradition (Fiscal Offences) Order, in so far as applicable to any scheduled country before the relevant date shall with effect from the relevant date no longer apply to any such country in respect of requests for the return of fugitive criminals from or to a scheduled country received or made by Malta after the relevant date.