Explanatory note

This Order extends the provisions of the Hijacking Act 1971, subject to exceptions, adaptations and modifications, to the territories specified in Schedule 2 thereto. It also modifies the Pacific (Fugitive Criminals Surrender) Order in Council 1914.

The purposes of the Act were to give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft signed at The Hague on 16th December 1970 (Cmnd. 4577); and for connected purposes.