Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—
“Attorney General” means—
in the application of this Order to Guernsey, the Attorney General or the Solicitor General for Guernsey; and
in the application of this Order to Jersey, the Attorney General for Jersey;
“Chief Revenue Officer” and “States Revenue Officer”, in the application of this Order to Guernsey, have the meanings they bear in the Customs and Excise (General Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1972, as amended; and “States Revenue Officer” in the application of this Order to Jersey, means the Agent of the Impôts and any officer of the Impôts (and any person authorised by the Agent of the Impôts);
“commander”, in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the flight crew designated as commander of the aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of the aircraft;
“document” includes information recorded in any form, and in relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, references to its production include references to producing a copy of the information in legible form;
“export” includes shipment as stores;
“exportation” in relation to any ship, submersible vehicle or aircraft, includes the taking out of Guernsey or, as the case may be, Jersey of the ship, submersible vehicle or aircraft notwithstanding that it is conveying goods or passengers and whether or not it is moving under its own power; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“Guernsey” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey;
“Jersey” means the Bailiwick of Jersey;
“licensing authority” means—
in the case of Guernsey, the Attorney General of Guernsey; and
in the case of Jersey, the Policy and Resources Committee of the States of Jersey;
“master”, in relation to a ship, includes any person (other than a pilot) for the time being in charge of the ship;
“operator”, in relation to an aircraft or vehicle, means the person for the time being having the management of the aircraft or vehicle;
“owner”, in relation to a ship, where the owner of a ship is not the operator, means the operator and any person to whom it is chartered;
“police officer” means—
in relation to Guernsey, Herm and Jethou a member of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey, and, within the limits of his jurisdiction, a member of the special constabulary of the Island of Guernsey;
in relation to Alderney, a member of the said police force and a member of any police force which may be established by the States of Alderney;
in relation to Sark, the constable, the Vingtenier and a member of the said police force of the Island of Guernsey; and
in relation to Jersey, a member of the Honorary Police or a member of the States of Jersey Police Force;
“restricted goods” means the goods specified in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 (1) as amended;
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation;
“shipment” (and cognate expressions) and “stores” shall—
in the application of this Order to Guernsey, have the meanings they bear in the Customs and Excise (General Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1972, as amended, and
in the application of this Order to Jersey, have the meanings they bear in the Customs and Excise (Jersey) Law 1999, as amended;
“the standard scale” means—
in the application of this Order to Guernsey, the uniform scale of fines specified for the time being in section 1 of the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1989, as amended, and
in the application of this Order to Jersey, the standard scale of fines specified for the time being in the Schedule to the Criminal Justice (Standard Scale of Fines) (Jersey) Law 1993, as amended;
“vehicle” means a land transport vehicle.
(2) Any reference to an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom shall, in the case of a provision which has been extended to the Channel Islands or otherwise applies to the Channel Islands, be construed as a reference to that provision as it has effect there.
S.I. 1994/1191. The relevant amending Orders are S.I. 1994/2711, which amended Schedule III and entry ML4; S.I. 1996/2663, which amended Schedule 1, Part III; S.I. 1997/323, which amended Schedule 3; S.I. 1997/2758, which amended Schedule 3 and Group 3, Part I, Schedule 1 and entries ML8 and ML10; S.I. 1999/63, which amended Schedule 1, Part III; S.I. 1999/1777, which amended Group 3, Part I, Schedule 1 and entry ML8; S.I. 1999/335, which amended Schedule 3; S.I. 1999/3411, which amended Group 3, Part I, Schedule I; S.I. 2000/1239, which amended Schedule 1, Part III and entries PL5021, ML3, ML4, ML7, ML8, ML13, ML17, PL5033 and ML21; S.I. 2000/2264, which amended Schedule 1, Part III and entries PL5031 and PL5001; S.I. 2001/729, which amended entry ML4; S.I. 2002/2059, which amended Schedule 1, Part III and certain definitions and entries ML4, ML8 and ML10; and S.I. 2003/1938, which amended Schedule 1, Part III.