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The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 8) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/2981 · Made 14 December 2011

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Overseas Territories

Made 14th 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 315(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995f1 and section 150 of the Senior Courts Act 1981f2, 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

1995 c. 21.

f2

1981 c. 54.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of certain instruments
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 8) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 14th January 2012.

2Amendment of certain instruments

(1)

Article 4 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Saint Helena) Order 1980f1 is amended by substituting for the words “St Helena and its Dependencies” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

(2)

The Admiralty Jurisdiction (St Helena and its Dependencies) Order 1969f2 is amended by –

(a)

substituting for the words “St Helena and its Dependencies”, wherever they appear, the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”; and

(b)

substituting for the words “St Helena or its Dependencies”, wherever they appear, the words “St Helena, Ascension or Tristan da Cunha”;

and accordingly the Order may be cited as the Admiralty Jurisdiction (St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) Order 1969.

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends certain statutory instruments relating to shipping and admiralty jurisdiction to reflect the current name of the British overseas territory of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.