Statutory Instruments
Overseas Territories
Made
13th July 2016
Laid before Parliament
20th July 2016
Coming into force
10th August 2016
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of July 2016
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Under article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council of the United Nations has, by resolutions adopted on 28th April 2016 and 25th May 2016, terminated the measures adopted in respect of Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia respectively:
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946(1), section 112 of the Saint Helena Act 1833(2), the British Settlements Acts 1887 and 1945(3), and all of the other powers enabling Her to do so, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Revocations) Order 2016 and comes into force on 10th August 2016.
(2) This Order extends to the territories listed in the Schedule.
2. The following Orders are revoked:
(a)the Côte d’Ivoire (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012(4); and
(b)the Liberia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2015(5).
Ceri King
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 1(2)
Anguilla
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Montserrat
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Côte d’Ivoire (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3067) and the Liberia (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1899), which gave effect in specified Overseas Territories to sanctions adopted by the United Nations Security Council and the European Union against Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia respectively. The Order reflects the termination of those sanctions by the United Nations Security Council and the European Union.