EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order, which is made pursuant to the Consular Relations Act 1968, provides, in relation to ships (other than ships of war) of the United States of America, for the detention on board of a member of the crew for a disciplinary offence to be treated as not unlawful except in certain cases.
It gives effect to the relevant provisions of the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and the United States of America which was signed at Washington on 6th June 1951 (Cmnd. 524).