2011 No. 1403
Extradition

The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) Order 2011

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of June 2011

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 4(1), 22(3) and 37(3) of the Extradition Act 19891, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Overseas Territories (Change of Name) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 8th July 2011.

Amendment of certain instruments2.

The specified schedules of the instruments listed in Schedule 1 are amended by—

(a)

deleting the words “and Dependencies” after the words “Falkland Islands”;

(b)

inserting in the list of territories, in the appropriate alphabetical position, “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands”;

(c)

replacing the words “St Helena and Dependencies” with the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.

Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2

  • The Extradition (Aviation Security) Order 1997, Schedule 42
  • The Extradition (Drug Trafficking) Order 1997, Schedule 43
  • The Extradition (Hijacking) Order 1997, Schedule 44
  • The Extradition (Safety of Maritime Navigation) Order 1997, Schedule 45
  • The Extradition (Tokyo Convention) Order 1997, Schedule 46
  • The Extradition (Torture) Order 1997, Schedule 47
  • The Extradition (Terrorist Bombings) Order 2002, Schedule 48
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends certain statutory instruments relating to extradition to reflect the current names of the British overseas territories of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.