Explanatory note

The Hijacking Act 1971 (Overseas Territories) Order 1971 was inadvertently not laid before Parliament, although Article 4 and Schedule 3 were made under the Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890, section 11 of which provides for Orders to be laid, and section 3 in Schedule 1 was made under section 17 of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 (as extended by section 6(1) of the Hijacking Act 1971), subsection (3) of which provides for Orders to be subject to annulment. The remainder of the Order was made under section 6(2) of the Hijacking Act 1971, Orders under which are subject to no Parliamentary procedure. Accordingly this Order revokes Article 4 of, and section 3 in Schedule 1 to, and Schedule 3 to, the Hijacking Act 1971 (Overseas Territories) Order 1971, and replaces them with identical provisions. The present Order is not retrospective.