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The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Torture) (Isle of Man) Order 1989

S.I. 1989/983 · Made 13 June 1989

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 13th June 1989

Coming into force 13th July 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of June 1989

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 138(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule: MODIFICATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS IN THE EXTENSION OF SECTIONS 134 AND 135 OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988 TO THE ISLE OF MAN
  5. 1Paragraph 1
  6. 2Paragraph 2
  7. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Torture) (Isle of Man) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 13th July 1989.

2

Sections 134 and 135 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 shall extend to the Isle of Man with the modifications and exceptions specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

1

In section 134 –

(a)

except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, for the words “United Kingdom” wherever they occur there shall be substituted the words “Isle of Man”;

(b)

in subsection (5)(a), for the words “the part of the United Kingdom where it was inflicted” there shall be substituted the words “the Isle of Man”;

(c)

in subsection (5)(b)–

(i)

in sub-paragraph (i), for the words “United Kingdom official” there shall be substituted the words “Manx official”, and

(ii)

sub-paragraph (ii) shall be omitted, and

(d)

in subsection (6), for the word “indictment” there shall be substituted the word “information”.

2

For section 135 there shall be substituted the following section –

“135

Proceedings for an offence under section 134 above, as it has effect in the Isle of Man, shall not be begun in the Isle of Man except by, or with the consent of, Her Majesty’s Attorney General for the Isle of Man.”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends sections 134 and 135 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to the Isle of Man with the modifications and exceptions specified in the Schedule to the Order.