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This Order extends to the Bailiwick of Guernsey those provisions of the Criminal Law Act 1977, the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and the Criminal Justice Act 1982 which are specified in Article 2 of the Order, subject to the modifications specified in the Schedule to the Order. The provisions extended relate to criminal penalties and, as so extended, have effect only in relation to an offence under an Act of Parliament which is itself extended to Guernsey.