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Article 3

SCHEDULEEXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS IN THE APPLICATION OF THE OUTER SPACE ACT 1986 TO THE ISLE OF MAN

1.  Any reference to an enactment shall be construed, unless the contrary intention appears, as a reference to that enactment as it has effect in the Isle of Man.

2.  In section 1, for “the United Kingdom” there shall be substituted “the Isle of Man”

3.—(1) In section 2(1) —

(a)the words “Scottish firms,” shall be omitted, and

(b)for “any part of the United Kingdom” there shall be substituted “the Isle of Man”.

(2) Section 2(3) shall be omitted.

4.  In section 5(2)(f), for “the United Kingdom” there shall be substituted “the Isle of Man”.

5.  In section 8(3), for the words from “the Secretary of State” to the end there shall be substituted “Her Majesty’s Attorney General for the Isle of Man by injunction”.

6.  Section 9(6) shall be omitted.

7.  In section 12 —

(a)in subsection (2), for “indictment” there shall be substituted “information”;

(b)in subsection (4), for “the United Kingdom” where first appearing and “any place in the United Kingdom” there shall be substituted “the Isle of Man”, and

(c)in subsection (6), for “United Kingdom” wherever appearing there shall be substituted “Isle of Man”.

8.  In section 13(1), the definition of “dependent territory” shall be omitted.

9.  In section 14, the entry in the Table relating to “dependent territory” shall be omitted.

10.—(1) In section 15(4) —

(a)for “commencement of this Act” there shall be substituted “date on which the Outer Space Act 1986 (Isle of Man) Order 1990 comes into force”, and

(b)for “after commencement” there shall be substituted “after that date”.

(2) Section 15(2), (3), (5) and (6) shall be omitted.