{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sovereign-base-areas-judicial-authorities-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sovereign-base-areas-judicial-authorities-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2036",
  "legislation_title": "The Sovereign Base Areas (Judicial Authorities) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sovereign-base-areas-judicial-authorities-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Construction of certain instruments",
  "text": "In the application to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia of–\n(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;\n(b) the Al-Qa'ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2002, the reference in article 8(7) to the Supreme Court shall be read as a reference to the Senior Judge’s Court;\n(c) the Extradition (Overseas Territories) Order 2002\n(i) any reference to a magistrate shall be read as a reference to a Resident Judge;\n(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;\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/112."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/1823."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2036/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:20:48.475633+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."
}