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The International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2010

S.I. 2010/763 · Made 17 March 2010

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International Criminal Court

Made 17th March 2010

Laid before Parliament 24th March 2010

Coming into force 15th April 2010

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of March 2010

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 79(3) of the International Criminal Court Act 2001f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is ordered, as follows—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2001 c.17.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Citation and commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule: AMENDMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ACT 2001 (OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDER 2009
  5. 1Paragraph 1
  6. 2Paragraph 2
  7. 3Paragraph 3
  8. 4Paragraph 4
  9. 5Paragraph 5
  10. 6Paragraph 6
  11. 7Paragraph 7
  12. 8Paragraph 8
  13. 9Paragraph 9
  14. 10Paragraph 10
  15. 11Paragraph 11
  16. 12Paragraph 12
  17. 13Paragraph 13
  18. 14Paragraph 14
  19. 15Paragraph 15
  20. 16Paragraph 16
  21. 17Paragraph 17
  22. 18Paragraph 18
  23. 19Paragraph 19
  24. 20Paragraph 20
  25. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 15th April 2010.

2Citation and commencement

The International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Overseas Territories) Order 2009f1 is amended as provided in the Schedule.

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

1

In the heading to article 2, substitute “application” for “interpretation”.

2

In Annex 1, renumber all the sections as 1 to 84 in place of 5 to 88; and all references in the following paragraphs of this Schedule to sections of Annex 1 are references to those sections as so renumbered.

3

In Annex 1, section 15(2)(b), delete the words “or a ship, aircraft or hovercraft registered in the Territory”.

4

In Annex 1, section 20—

(a)

In subsection (1)(a), substitute “appropriate judicial officer” for “appropriate judicial authority”;

(b)

In subsection (1)(b), substitute “officer” for “authority”.

5

In Annex 1, section 26, substitute “appropriate judicial officer” for “appropriate judicial authority”.

6

In Annex 1, section 67, in subsection (1), substitute “British overseas territories citizen” for “British Dependent Territories citizen”.

7

In Annex 1, Schedule 1, paragraph 5, substitute “order” for “Order” in the heading and in subparagraph (1).

8

In Annex 1, Schedule 5, paragraph 7—

(a)

In the heading and in subparagraph (1), substitute “the government” for “a government department”;

(b)

In subparagraph (2)(a) and (b), substitute “government” for “department”;

(c)

For subparagraph (3), substitute the following—

“(3)

In this paragraph “government” means the government of the Territory.”

9

In Annex 1, Schedule 5, paragraph 9, amend the heading to read “Effect of Warrant”.

10

In Annex 1, Schedule 8, Article 6, reletter the subparagraphs as (a) to (e), in place of (c) to (g).

11

In Annex 1, Schedule 8, Article 8, renumber the paragraph as 2 in place of 4.

12

In Annex 1, Schedule 8, Article 8, paragraph 4(b)(xix), after the word “bullets” substitute “which” for “with”.

13

In Annex 1, Schedule 8, Article 9, renumber the paragraphs as 1, 2 and 3, in place of 5, 6 and 7.

14

In Annex 1, Schedule 9, Article 70, renumber the paragraph as 4 in place of (2).

15

In Annex 2, substitute “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha” for “St Helena and its Dependencies”.

16

In Annex 3, in the heading, substitute “ADAPTATIONS” for “ADAPTIONS”.

17

In Annex 3, in paragraph 16 and the heading to that paragraph, substitute “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha” for “St Helena and Dependencies”.

18

In Annex 3, for paragraph 17 substitute the following—

“17.

In the application of section 6(2)(a) in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia the reference to “summary” shall be deleted.”

19

In Annex 3, for paragraph 19 substitute the following—

“19.

Section 53(2) shall not apply in relation to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.”

20

In Annex 3, paragraph 20, substitute “Areas” for “Ares”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Overseas Territories) Order 2009, to reflect the change of name of the territory of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, to reflect the current legal position in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, and make a number of corrections.