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1974 Ed.]

Hijacking

[App. III

CZ 1

1971 No. 1739

CIVIL AVIATION

THE HIJACKING ACT 1971 (OVERSEAS TERRITORIES)

ORDER 1971

[This Order is printed as amended by S.I. 1973 No. 1893

(L.N. 8/74)]

Made

27th October 1971

Coming into Operation

1st November 1971

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of October 1971

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by subsection (2) of section 6 of the Hijacking Act 1971(a), by section 17 of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967(b) as extended by subsection (1) of the said section 6, 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 Hijacking Act 1971 (Over- seas Territories) Order 1971 and shall come into operation on 1st November 1971.

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) Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Hijacking Act 1971, 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 Act as so extended as part of the law of any Territory to which it extends "the Territory" means that Territory, including its territorial waters, and "any Territory" means any of the Territories to which this Act extends, 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) 1971 c. 70. (b) 1967 c. 68. (c) 1890 c. 37.

W. G. AGNEW.

(d) 1889 c. 63.

(e) S. R. & O. 1914/152 (Rev.

VIII, p. 699; 1941 I. p. 640).

L.N. 8/74.