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The Sovereign Base Areas (Judicial Authorities) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/2036 · Made 27 July 2004

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OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

Made 27th July 2004

Laid before Parliament 9th August 2004

Coming into force 31st August 2004

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of July 2004

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 32 of the Extradition Act 1989f1, section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946f2 or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1989 c. 33.

f2

1946 c. 45.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, and extent
  2. 2Construction of certain instruments
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Sovereign Base Areas (Judicial Authorities) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 31st August 2004.

(2)

This Order extends to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

2Construction of certain instruments

In the application to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia of–

(a)

the instruments listed in the Schedule, any reference to a magistrate or a justice of the peace shall be read as a reference to a Resident Judge;

(b)

the Al-Qa'ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2002f1, the reference in article 8(7) to the Supreme Court shall be read as a reference to the Senior Judge’s Court;

(c)

the Extradition (Overseas Territories) Order 2002f2

(i)

any reference to a magistrate shall be read as a reference to a Resident Judge;

(ii)

any reference to a court consisting of a magistrate or to a magistrates' court shall be read as a reference to the Judge’s Court;

(iii)

any reference to the powers of a magistrate or of a magistrates' court shall be read as a reference to the like powers, as nearly as may be, exercisable in criminal proceedings by a Resident Judge or, as the case may be, the Judge’s Court.

Signature

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

  • The United Nations Arms Embargoes (Dependent Territories) Order 1995f1

  • The Al-Qa'ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2002f2

  • The Overseas Territories (Zimbabwe) (Restrictive Measures) Order 2002f3

  • The Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2003f4

  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2003f5

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for references to judicial authorities or to their powers in certain Orders in Council to be read, in the application of those Orders to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as references to the corresponding judicial authorities in those Areas and to their powers.