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The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 6) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/2979 · Made 14 December 2011 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Civil Aviation

Made 14th December 2011

Laid before Parliament 21st December 2011

Coming into force 14th January 2012

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of December 2011

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 66 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949f1, section 8(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1949 as extended to certain territories by the Civil Aviation Act 1949 (Overseas Territories) Order 1969f2, sections 8, 41, 57, 58, 59 and 61 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949 as extended to certain territories by the Civil Aviation Act 1949 (Overseas Territories) Order 1969, as amended by the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 2001f3, section 61 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982f4 as extended to certain territories by the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 2001, section 66 of the Civil Aviation Act 1971f5, and section 108 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982, 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

1949 c. 67.

f2

S.I. 1969/592.

f3

S.I. 2001/1452.

f4

1982 c. 16.

f5

1971 c.75.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement Not yet in force
  2. 2Amendment of certain instruments Not yet in force
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 6) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 14th January 2012.

2Amendment of certain instrumentsI1

(1)

Schedule 12 to the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2007f1 is amended by substituting for the words “St Helena and Dependencies” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

(2)

Schedule 2 to the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 2001f2 is amended by substituting for the words “St Helena and its Dependencies” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

(3)

Schedule 3 to the Civil Aviation Act 1949 (Overseas Territories) Order 1969f3 is amended by –

(a)

deleting, after the words “Falkland Islands”, the words “(Colony and Dependencies)”;

(b)

inserting in the list of territories, in the appropriate alphabetical position, “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands”; and

(c)

substituting for the words “St Helena and its Dependencies” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

(4)

The Schedule to the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Environmental Standards) Order 2004f4 is amended by substituting for the words “St Helena” and “St Helena Dependencies (Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island)” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

Signature

Ceri King

Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends certain statutory instruments relating to civil aviation to reflect the current names of the British overseas territories of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha and South Georgia and the South Sandwich islands.