{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-courts-overseas-jurisdiction-order-1989/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-courts-overseas-jurisdiction-order-1989/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2399",
  "legislation_title": "The Falkland Islands Courts (Overseas Jurisdiction) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-courts-overseas-jurisdiction-order-1989",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Law to be applied.",
  "text": "(1) In exercising the jurisdiction conferred on them by section 3 of this Order in any proceedings, the Supreme Court and the Magistrate’s Court shall—\n(a) in all matters of procedure or evidence, apply the law, including rules of court, of the Falkland Islands; and\n(b) in all matters of substantive law, including remedies in civil proceedings and sentencing powers in criminal proceedings, apply the law of the relevant Territory.\n(2) If in any such proceedings the question arises whether any matter is one of procedure or evidence or substantive law, the question shall be determined by the court before which the question arises, and—\n(a) any such determination by the Supreme Court shall be final; and\n(b) an appeal against any such determination by the Magistrate’s Court may be made to the Supreme Court, whose decision on the appeal shall be final.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2399/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:30:49.748370+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."
}