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Statutory Instruments
GENEVA CONVENTIONS
Made
28th July 1966
Coming into Operation
1st September 1966
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of July 1966
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 8 (2) (a) of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. The provisions of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 shall extend to Guernsey subject to the exceptions and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order.
2.-(1) In this Order "Guernsey" means
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purpose of interpreting this Order as it applies for the purpose of interpreting an Act of Parliament.
3. This Order may be cited as the Geneva Conventions Act (Guernsey) Order 1966 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1966.
W. G. Agnew
1. For the words "the United Kingdom" wherever they occur there shall be substituted the word "Guernsey" and any reference to the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 shall be construed as a reference to that Act as extended to Guernsey by this Order.
2.-(1) In section 1 (1) for the word "felony" there shall be substituted the words "an offence triable only on indictment".
(2) Section 1 (2), (3) and (5) shall be omitted.
3.-(1) In paragraph (ii) of section 3(1) the words from "instructions" to "by whom that" shall be omitted.
(2) In section 3 (3) the words "a solicitor and" shall be omitted.
(3) For section 3 (4) and (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection:-
"(4) In this section "counsel" means
4. In section 4(1) for the words "the Court of Criminal Appeal, the High Court of Justiciary, or the Court of Criminal Appeal in Northern Ireland, as the case may be" there shall be substituted the words "the Court of Appeal in Guernsey" and for the words from "in subsection (1) of section six" to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words " subsection (1) of section 29 of the Court of Appeal (Guernsey) Law 1961 (which relates to the revesting and restitution of property on conviction)" .
5.-(1) In section 5 (1) the words "or, in Northern Ireland, the Minister of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland" shall be omitted.
(2) In section 5 (2) the words "or, in Northern Ireland, the Minister aforesaid" shall be omitted.
6.-(1) In section 6(2) for the words "the Board of Trade" there shall be substituted the words "the Royal Court of Guernsey".
(2) In section 6(3) the words "on summary conviction" shall be omitted.
(3) In section 6(4) for the words "the passing of this Act" wherever they occur there shall be substituted the words "the coming into operation of this Act in Guernsey" .
(4) For section 6(7), (8) and (9) there shall be substituted the following subsection:-
"(7) The Geneva Convention Act 1911(1) and the Geneva Convention Act 1937(2) shall cease to have effect in Guernsey.".
7. In section 7(1) the definition of "enactment" shall be omitted.
8. Section 8(2) shall be omitted.
This Order extends to the Bailiwick of Guernsey the provisions of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 with the exceptions and modifications specified in the Schedule.
1911 c. 20.
1937 c. 15.
