{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sierra-leone-united-nations-sanctions-channel-islands-order-2000/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1840",
  "legislation_title": "The Sierra Leone (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sierra-leone-united-nations-sanctions-channel-islands-order-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order the following expressions have, except where otherwise expressly provided, the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—\n“Attorney General” means—\n(a) in the application of this Order to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Attorney General or the Solicitor General for Guernsey; and\n(b) in the application of this Order to the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Attorney General of Jersey;\n“Chief Revenue Officer” and “States Revenue Officer” have the same meaning as they bear in the Customs and Excise (General Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1972 as amended;\n“enactment” includes an enactment of the States of Guernsey or, as the case may be, the States of Jersey;\n“police officer” means—\n(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;\n(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;\n(c) in relation to Sark, the Constable, the Vingtenier and a member of the said police force of the Island of Guernsey; and\n(d) in relation to the Bailiwick of Jersey, a member of the Honorary Police or a member of the States of Jersey police force;\n“the standard scale” means—\n(a) in relation to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the standard scale of fines specified for the time being in section 1 of the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1989, as amended, and\n(b) in relation to the Bailiwick of Jersey, the standard scale of fines specified for the time being in the Schedule to the Criminal Justice (Standard Scale of Fines) (Jersey) Law 1993;\n“shipment” (and cognate expressions) and “stores” shall, in the application of this Order to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, have the meanings 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 meanings they bear in the Customs and Excise (Jersey) Law 1999.\n(2) Any reference to an Act of Parliament shall, in the case of a provision which has been extended to the Channel Islands, be construed as a reference to that provision as it has effect there and in any other case, be construed as a reference to that provision as it has effect in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1840/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:39.956763+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}