1.  This Order may be cited as the Geneva Conventions Act (Isle of Man) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 15th January 2011.

2.  The Geneva Conventions Act 1957, as amended by the Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995(1), the International Criminal Court Act 2001(2) and the Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009(3) shall extend to the Isle of Man, subject to the exceptions and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order.

3.  The amendments to the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 made by sections 70(1) and 70(2) of, and section 83 of and Schedule 10 to, the International Criminal Court Act 2001 do not apply in relation to offences committed before 1 April 2004(4).

4.  The Geneva Conventions Act (Isle of Man) Order 1970(5); the Geneva Conventions Act (Isle of Man) Order 1999(6); and article 2(d) and (e) of, and paragraph 3 of the Schedule to, the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Isle of Man) Order 2004(7) are revoked.

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council