The Sudan (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2005

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Sudan (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 12th May 2005.

(2) If the Security Council of the United Nations takes any decision which has the effect of cancelling, extending, or suspending the operation of resolution 1591 (2005) adopted by it on 29th March 2005, in whole or in part, this Order shall cease to have effect or its operation shall be extended or 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 official gazette of the Territory.

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

(4) Article 9 shall apply to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia as set out in Schedule 2.

(5) In the application of this Order to any of the said territories the expression “the Territory” in this Order means that territory, and references to the official gazette of a Territory include a reference to any form in which official information is normally made available in that Territory.

(6) Articles 3, 4 and 5 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 the Territory.