High Court of Justiciary (Proceedings in the Netherlands) (United Nations) (Variation) Order 2001
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2001 No. 3918
UNITED NATIONS
The High Court of Justiciary (Proceedings in the Netherlands) (United Nations) (Variation) Order 2001
Made 11th December 2001
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force 13th December 2001
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of December 2001
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 a resolution adopted on 27th August 1998, called upon Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to take certain actions to facilitate the conducting of criminal proceedings under Scots law in the Netherlands:
Now therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 19461is pleased, by and with the advice of the Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered:–
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the High Court of Justiciary (Proceedings in the Netherlands) (United Nations) (Variation) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 13th December 2001.
Variation of the 1998 Order
2. In article 4 of the High Court of Justiciary (Proceedings in the Netherlands) (United Nations) Order 19982(“the 1998 Order”) (initiation of proceedings conducted by virtue of the 1998 Order), paragraph (5) is omitted.
3. In paragraph (3) of article 14 of the 1998 Order (appointment of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary who are to constitute the court to hear any appeal), for “Lord Justice Clerk” there is substituted “Lord Justice General”.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the High Court of Justiciary (Proceedings in the Netherlands) (United Nations) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”) to remove the requirement that anything which the Lord Justice General requires, or has power, to do in relation to criminal proceedings must, in relation to proceedings conducted by virtue of the 1998 Order, be done by the Lord Justice Clerk; and to provide that the appointments of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary who are to constitute the court for the purpose of hearing any appeal in relation to proceedings to which the 1998 Order applies are to be made by the...
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