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The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 10) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/2983 · Made 14 December 2011

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Overseas Territories

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 sections 31 and 47 of the Copyright Act 1956f1, section 256(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 36(2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988f2, section 2(2) and (3) of the Recognition of Trusts Act 1987f3, and section 7(3) of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978f4, 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

1956 c.74.

f2

1988 c.48.

f3

1987 c.14.

f4

1978 c.26.

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. 10) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 14th January 2012.

2Amendment of certain instruments

(1)

Article 1 of the Copyright (St Helena) Order 1963f1 is amended by substituting for the words “St Helena and its Dependencies” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

(2)

Article 2 of the Design Right (Reciprocal Protection) (No. 2) Order 1989f2 is amended by substituting for the words “St Helena and Dependencies” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

(3)

The Schedule to the Copyright (Taiwan) (Extension to Territories) Order 1987f3 is amended by substituting for the words “St Helena” and “St Helena Dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

(4)

Schedule 2 to the Recognition of Trusts Act 1987 (Overseas Territories) Order 1989f4 is amended by substituting for the words “St Helena and Dependencies” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

(5)

Schedule 2 to the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Overseas Territories) Order 1986f5 is amended—

(a)

by substituting for the words “St Helena” and “St Helena Dependencies” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “Falkland Islands Dependencies” and inserting in the list of territories, in the appropriate alphabetical position, “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands”.

Signature

Ceri King

Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends various statutory instruments 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.