# The United Nations (International Tribunals) (Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/1342 · made 17 May 2000

This Order amends the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Former Yugoslavia) Order 1996 and the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) Order 1996 to take account of the coming into force of section 78 of, and Schedule 11 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 which unify and rename the stipendiary bench.

Made under: 1946 c. 45 (Section 1)

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## Introductory text

UNITED NATIONS
Made 17th May 2000
Laid before Parliament 25th May 2000
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of May 2000
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by resolutions adopted on 25th May 1993 and 13th May 1998, called upon Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and all other States to apply certain measures to give effect to certain decisions of that Council in relation to the former Yugoslavia.
And Whereas under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by resolutions adopted on 8th November 1994 and 30th April 1998, called upon Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and all other States to apply certain measures to give effect to certain decisions of that Council in relation to Rwanda.
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the United Nations (International Tribunals) (Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day on which section 78 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 comes into force.
(2) This Order extends to the United Kingdom.

## 2 Amendment of 1996 Orders

In article 2(1) (Interpretation) of the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Former Yugoslavia) Order 1996 and in article 2(1) (Interpretation) of the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) Order 1996—
(i) in the definition of “appropriate judicial officer”, for the words:
“(a) the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate,
(b) a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate designated for the purposes of this Order by the Lord Chancellor, or”
there shall be substituted the words:
“(a) the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate),
(b) a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) designated by the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) for the purposes of this Order, or”.

## Signature

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Former Yugoslavia) Order 1996 and the United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) Order 1996 to take account of the coming into force of section 78 of, and Schedule 11 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 which unify and rename the stipendiary bench.

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