Geneva Conventions Act (Guernsey) Order 1999

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1999/1316
Year1999

1999 No. 1316

GENEVA CONVENTIONS

The Geneva Conventions Act (Guernsey) Order 1999

Made 11th May 1999

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of May 1999

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 8(2)(a) of the Geneva Conventions Act 19571, as applied by section 7(4) of the Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 19952, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

S-1 This Order may be cited as the Geneva Conventions Act...

1. This Order may be cited as the Geneva Conventions Act (Guernsey) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the date on which it is registered on the records of the Island of Guernsey.

S-2 The Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 shall extend to the...

2. The Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 shall extend to the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the territorial waters adjacent thereto subject to the exceptions and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order.

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Article 2

EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1995 EXTENDS TO THEBAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY

SCH-1.1

1. References to the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 or the Geneva Conventions ( Amendment) Act 1995 or to any provision of either of those Acts is a reference to that Act or provision as it has effect in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

SCH-1.2

2. In section 1, omit subsection (4).

SCH-1.3

3. In section 2 —

(a) omit paragraph (a) of subsection (3);

(b) for paragraph (a) of subsection (4) substitute:

“(a)

“(a) for the words “fifty pounds” there shall be substituted the words “level 5 on the uniform scale”;”;

(c) in subsection (5), in the subsection (4A) inserted into section 6 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957, for the words from “For the purposes” to the end substitute:

“For the purposes of this subsection references in subsection (4) of this section to the coming into operation of this Act in Guernsey shall be construed as references to the coming into operation of the Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995 in Guernsey”;

(d) for paragraph (b) of subsection (6) substitute:

“(b)

“(b) for the words from “any British” to the end there shall be substituted the words—

(a) any vessel registered or required to be registered under any enactment for the time being in force in Guernsey;

(b) any...

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