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(2) Where no such arrangement as is mentioned in section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 has been made with a State which is a party to a relevant Convention, an Order in Council applying that Act may be made under that section as if that Convention were such an arrangement with that State; but where that Act is so applied it shall have effect as if the only extradition crimes within the meaning of that Act were the offences which are offences in pursuance of that Convention.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) above—
 * (a) the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft signed at The Hague on 16th December 1970 is a relevant Convention and the offences which are offences in pursuance of that Convention are the offences under or by virtue of section 1 or 6(1) or (2)(a) of this Act and attempts to commit such offences; and
 * (b) the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation signed at Montreal on 23rd September 1971 is the only other relevant Convention and the offences which are offences in pursuance of that Convention are the offences under or by virtue of section 2, 3 or 6(2)(b) or (c) of this Act and attempts to commit such offences.

(4) For the purposes of the Extradition Act 1870, any act wherever committed, which—
 * (a) is an offence under any of the preceding provisions of this part of this Act (other than sections 4 and 7) or an attempt to commit such an offence, or would be such an offence or attempt but for section 1(2), 2(4), or 3(5) or (6) of this Act, and
 * (b) is an offence against the law of any State in the case of which that Act has been applied by an Order in Council under section 2 of that Act,

shall be deemed to be an offence committed within the jurisdiction of that State.

General purposes

10.—(1) The purposes to which this Part of this Act applies are the protection against acts of violence—
 * (a) of aircraft, and of persons or property on board aircraft;