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Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Enforcement and other matters - Offences - Certain offences deemed to be included in extradition treaties

79: Offences deemed to be included in extradition treaties

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If you do something wrong under the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017, it can be treated as an offence under the Extradition Act 1999. This means that if you commit certain offences, such as those described in sections 65, 66, 70(1), and 72(3) of this Act, you can be sent to another country to face trial. You can be sent to a country that has an agreement with New Zealand about space activities, which is called the Liability Convention.

If you did something wrong before the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017 said it was an offence, you cannot be sent to another country for it. The Extradition Act 1999 does not apply to things that happened before the offence was deemed to be part of an extradition treaty.

When you commit an offence under the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017, it is treated as if it was already part of the extradition treaty between New Zealand and another country.

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Offences: Certain offences deemed to be included in extradition treaties

79Offences deemed to be included in extradition treaties

  1. For the purposes of the Extradition Act 1999 and any Order in Council in force under section 15, 40, or 104 of that Act, each offence described in sections 65, 66, 70(1), and 72(3) of this Act is deemed to be an offence described in any extradition treaty concluded before the commencement of this section and for the time being in force between New Zealand and any country that is a party to the Liability Convention.

  2. Despite subsection (1), no person is liable to be surrendered under the Extradition Act 1999 in respect of an act or omission that amounts to an offence to which that subsection applies if that act or omission occurred before the date on which the offence was deemed by that subsection to be an offence described in the relevant extradition treaty.