Explanatory note

This Order provides that the High Court established by the West Indies Associated States Supreme Court Order 1967, which is a Colonial Court of Admiralty, shall have the Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court of England, as defined in section 1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956, with certain modifications. It also extends certain of the provisions contained in Part I of that Act to Montserrat, and revokes the Admiralty Jurisdiction (Montserrat) Order 1964.