Extradition – Application on behalf of extradition country for issue of warrant of arrest – Meaning of "extradition country" – Whether "Hong Kong" specified in Extradition (Hong Kong) Regulations a "territory for the international relations of which a country is responsible" – Whether "Hong Kong" specified in Regulations commencing on 29 June 1997 refers from 1 July 1997 to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Evidence – Certificate by Minister for Foreign Affairs – Certificate containing views on matters within peculiar responsibility of Minister – Admissibility of certificate.
Words and phrases – "extradition country" – "territory for the international relations of which a country is responsible".
Extradition Act 1988 (Cth), ss 5, 12.
Extradition (Hong Kong) Regulations (Cth).