1974 Ed.]

Protection of Aircraft

[App. III

DF 1

1973 No. 1757

CIVIL AVIATION

FUGITIVE CRIMINAL

THE PROTECTION OF AIRCRAFT ACT 1973 (OVERSEAS

TERRITORIES) ORDER 1973

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into Operation

24th October 1973

30th October 1973

24th November 1973

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At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of October 1973

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by subsection (2) of section 27 of the Protection of Aircraft Act 1973(a), by section 17 of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967(b) as extended by subsection (1) of the said section 27, by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890(c) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows-

1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of Aircraft Act 1973 (Overseas Territories) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 24th November 1973.

2. The Interpretation Act 1889(d) shall apply, with the necessary adaptations, for the purpose of interpreting this Order, and otherwise in relation thereto, as it applies for the purpose of interpreting, and in relation to, Acts of Parliament.

3. (1) Part I and sections 19 and 26 of the Protection of Aircraft Act 1973, modified and adapted as in Schedule 1 hereto, shall extend to the Territories specified in Schedule 2 hereto.

(2) For the purpose of construing the said Part I and sections 19 and 26 as so extended as part of the law of any Territory to which it extends "the Territory" means that Territory, including its territorial waters.

4. The amendments specified in Schedule 3 hereto shall be made to the Pacific (Fugitive Criminals Surrender) Order in Council 1914(e).

(a) 1973 c. 47.

(b) 1967 c. 68.

W. G. AGNEW.

(c) 1890 c. 37.

(d) 1889 c. 63.

(e) S.R. & O. 1914/152 (Rev. VIII p. 699: 1914 I. p. 640).

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