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Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995

1995 c. 27 · Enacted 19 July 1995 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to make provision for the amendment of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 to enable effect to be given to the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 done at Geneva on 10 June 1977; and for connected purposes.

[19th July 1995]

C1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—C2

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C1

Act extended (with modifications) (Guernsey) (in force on the date on which it is registered on the records of the Island of Guernsey) by S.I. 1999/1316, arts. 1, 2, Sch.

Act extended (with modifications) to the territories specified in Sch. 1 of the extending S.I. (1.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1076, art. 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2

C2

Act: amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 1999/1316 Sch. (15.1.2011) by Geneva Conventions Act (Guernsey) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2965), arts. 1, 5, Sch. 3

Contents

  1. 1Amendment of section 1 of the 1957 Act.
  2. 2Amendment of section 6 of the 1957 Act.
  3. 3Regulations.
  4. 4Amendment of section 7 of the 1957 Act.
  5. 5Repeals.
  6. 6Additional schedules to the 1957 Act.
  7. 7Short title, commencement and extent.
  8. Schedule S TO BE INSERTED INTO THE 1957 ACT
  9. Paragraph