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British Indian Ocean Territory (Amendment) Order 1968

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1968/111
Year1968

1968 No. 111

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

The British Indian Ocean Territory (Amendment) Order 1968

26thJanuary 1968

At the Court at Sandringham, the 26th day of January 1968

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf by the Colonial Boundaries Act 1895(a) or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

Citation and construction.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the British Indian Ocean Territory (Amendment) Order 1968 and shall be construed as one with the British Indian Ocean Territory Order 1965(b) (hereinafter called "the principal Order ").

(2) The principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the British Indian Ocean Territory Orders 1965 and 1968.

Amendment of principal Order.

2. The principal Order shall have effect as if—

(a) in the definition of "the Aldabra Group" in section 2(1) the words "as specified in the First Schedule to the Seychelles Letters Patent 1948 and" were omitted ;

(b) in schedule 2 for the words—

"Trois Frères, including Danger Island and Eagle Island." there were substituted the words—

"Three Brothers Islands

Nelson or Legour Island

Eagle Islands

Danger Island."; and

(c) in schedule 3 the words "Polymnie Island" were inserted immediately after the words "Cocoanut Island".

W. G. Agnew.

(a) 1895 c. 34.

(b) S.I. 1965/1920 (1965 III, p. 5767).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Order.)

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