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The Taking of Hostages (Guernsey) Order 1982

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1982 No. 1539

PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM

The Taking of Hostages (Guernsey) Order 1982

Made

27th October 1982

Coming into Operation

26th November 1982

At the Court of Saint James, the 27th day of October 1982

Present,

The Counsellors of State in Council

Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 30th day of September 1982, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of section 5(2) of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Taking of Hostages (Guernsey) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 26th November 1982.

2.  In this Order, “the Bailiwick” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the territorial waters adjacent thereto, and “the 1982 Act” means the Taking of Hostages Act 1982.

3.  Section 1 of the 1982 Act shall extend to the Bailiwick with the substitution, in subsection (1), of the words “the Bailiwick” for the words “the United Kingdom”.

4.  Sections 3(2) and 6(1) of the 1982 Act shall extend to the Bailiwick.

N.E. Leigh

Clerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order extends to the Bailiwick of Guernsey provisions of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982, with adaptations and modifications. The Order will come into operation on 26th November 1982, which is the day upon which the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 comes into force in the United Kingdom by virtue of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (Commencement) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1532).

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