Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order the following expressions have, except where otherwise expressly provided, the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—

• “the Attorney General” means, in the application of the Order to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Attorney General for Guernsey; and in the application of the Order to the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Attorney General for Jersey;

• “Bosnian Serb controlled areas” means those areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of Bosnian Serb forces;

• “Chief Revenue Officer” and “States Revenue Officer” have the meanings they bear in the Customs and Excise (General Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1972;

• “enactment” includes an enactment of the States of Guernsey or the States of Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark, or the States of Jersey;

• “export” includes shipment as stores;

• “exportation”, in relation to any vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft, includes the taking out of the Bailiwick of Guernsey or, as the case may be, the Bailiwick of Jersey of the vessel, submersible vehicle or aircraft notwithstanding that it is conveying goods or passengers and whether or not it is moving under its own power; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “police officer” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to Guernsey, Herm and Jethou, a member of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey and, within the limits of his jurisdiction, a member of the special constabulary of the Island of Guernsey;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Alderney, a member of the said police force and a member of any police force which may be established by the States of Alderney;

  3. (c)

     in relation to Sark, the Constable, the Vingtenier and a member of the said police force of the Island of Guernsey;

  4. (d)

     in relation to the Bailiwick of Jersey, a member of the Honorary Police or a member of the States of Jersey Police Force;

• “property” includes funds, financial, tangible and intangible assets, property rights and public and privately traded securities and debt instruments, and any other financial and economic resources;

• “ship” has the meaning it bears in section 742 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894^f1;

• “shipment”(and cognate expressions) and “stores” shall, in the application of this Order to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, have the meaning they bear in the Customs and Excise (General Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1972 and, in the application of this Order to the Bailiwick of Jersey, have the meaning they bear in the Customs and Excise (General Provisions) (Jersey) Law 1972;

• “vehicle” means land transport vehicle.

Any reference to a provision of an Act of Parliament or of an enactment made under an Act of Parliament shall, in the case of a provision which has been extended to the Bailiwick of Guernsey or, as the case may be, the Bailiwick of Jersey, be construed as a reference to that provision as it has effect in the Bailiwick in question and, in the case of a provision which has not been so extended, be construed as a reference to that provision as it has effect in the United Kingdom.