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Paragraph 13

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The following additional definitions shall be inserted, in their appropriate places (by alphabetical order), in section 35(1):

  • “the Administrator” means the person holding the office of Administrator of the British Antarctic Territory and includes any person for the time being lawfully discharging the functions of that office;

  • “the Commissioner” means the person holding the office of Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory and includes any person for the time being lawfully discharging the functions of that office;

  • “magistrate” means any person appointed to be a magistrate under Part IV of the Administration of Justice Ordinance 1990f1 of the British Antarctic Territory;

  • “public officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7(1) of the Interpretation and General Provisions Ordinance 1990f2 of the British Antarctic Territory and, in any case where a member of a police force established under the law of another country (including a British overseas territory other than the British Antarctic Territory) has, by arrangement with the Commissioner, been empowered under that law to act as a constable under the law of the Territory for the purposes of, or in connection with, extradition from the Territory, includes that member of that police force; and a certificate by the Commissioner that that member was at the relevant time so empowered shall, in any proceedings concerning anything done or omitted by him, be conclusive of that fact;

  • “the Senior Magistrate” means the person holding the office of Senior Magistrate under Part III of the Administration of Justice Ordinance 1990 of the British Antarctic Territory and includes any person for the time being lawfully discharging the functions of that office;

  • “Summary Court” means a court established under Part IV of the Administration of Justice Ordinance 1990 of the British Antarctic Territory.

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Footnotes

f1

Ordinance No. 5 of 1990.

f2

Ordinance No. 4 of 1990.