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The United Kingdom Forces (Jurisdiction of Colonial Courts) (Amendment) Order 1990

S.I. 1990/239 · Made 14 February 1990

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CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES

Made 14th February 1990

Laid before Parliament 22nd February 1990

Coming into force 14th March 1990

At the Court of Saint James, the 14th day of February 1990

Present,

The Counsellors of State in Council

Whereas Her Majesty in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953 was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 18th day of January 1990, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty’s absence from the Unied Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty’s behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty’s approval for anything for which Her Majesty’s approval in Council is required:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by section 5 of the West Indies Act 1962 f1, and by and with the advice f Her Majesty’s Privy Council, do on Her Majesty’s behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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Footnotes

f1

1962 c. 19

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the United Kingdom Forces (Jurisdiction of Colonial Courts) (Amendment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 14th March 1990.

2

The United Kingdom Forces (Jurisdiction of Colonial Courts) Order 1965 f1is amended by inserting in the Schedule in the appropriate alphabetical order the words “Virgin Islands”.

Signature

G I de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds the Virgin Islands to the list of overseas territories to which the United Kingdom Forces (Jurisdiction of Colonial Courts) Order 1965 (S.I. 1965/1203) (which provides for withdrawing the jurisdiction of the civil courts of certain overseas territories to try members of Her Majesty’s forces or of a civilian component of those forces for certain offences) extends.