{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-antarctic-territory-order-1989/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-antarctic-territory-order-1989/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/842",
  "legislation_title": "The British Antarctic Territory Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-antarctic-territory-order-1989",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Establishment of courts.",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner may, by an Ordinance made under section 13 of this Order, establish such courts of justice for the Territory as he may think fit and may make such provision as he may think fit respecting the jurisdiction and powers of any such court, the proceedings in any such court, and the enforcement and execution of, and appeals from, the judgments, decrees, orders and sentences of any such court given or made in the exercise of such jurisdiction and powers.\n(2) A court established under this section shall sit in such place or places in the Territory as the Commissioner may appoint:\nProvided that it may also sit in the United Kingdom, or in such place or places within any other colony as the Commissioner, acting with the concurrence of the Governor of such colony, may appoint, in which case it may exercise its jurisdiction and powers in like manner as if it were sitting within the Territory.\n(3) The Commissioner may constitute all such judgeships and other offices as he may consider necessary for the purposes of this section and may make appointments to any office so established, and any person so appointed, unless otherwise provided by law, shall hold his office during Her Majesty’s pleasure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/842/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:44:22.322421+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}