Citation, commencement, operation and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 14th June 2003.

(2) If the Security Council of the United Nations takes any decision which has the effect of cancelling or suspending the operation of the resolution adopted by it on 22nd May 2003, in whole or in part, this Order shall cease to have effect or its operation shall be suspended, in whole or in part, as the case may be, in accordance with that decision; and particulars of that decision shall be published by the Governor in a notice in the office gazette of the Territory.

(3) (a) This Order shall extend to the territories listed in Schedule 1.

(b)Article 19 of this Order shall apply to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia as set out in Schedule 2.

(c)In the application of this Order to any of the said territories the expression “the Territory” in this Order means that territory.

(4) Articles 5, 6 and 8 shall apply to any person within the Territory and to any person elsewhere who is—

(a)a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject, a British National (Overseas) or a British protected person and is ordinarily resident in the Territory; or

(b)a body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the Territory.