The Admiralty Jurisdiction (Falkland Islands) Order 1966

Made: 9th June 1966

Coming into Operation: 10th June 1966

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of June 1966

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the power vested in Her by section 56 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956 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:—

Citation and commencement

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Admiralty Jurisdiction (Falkland Islands) Order 1966.

• (2) This Order shall come into operation on 10th June 1966.

Admiralty jurisdiction of Supreme Court of the Falkland Islands

2

The Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 shall, in relation to the Supreme Court of the Falkland Islands, have effect as if the reference in section 2(2) thereof to the Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court in England there were substituted a reference to the Admiralty jurisdiction of that court as defined by section 1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956 subject to the adaptation and modification of the said section 1 that is specified in schedule 1 to this Order.

Application of provisions of Administration of Justice Act 1956 to the Falkland Islands

3

The provisions of sections 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of Part I of the Administration of Justice Act 1956 shall extend to the Falkland Islands and its Dependencies with the adaptations and modifications that are specified in Column II of schedule 2 to this Order.

SCHEDULE 1 — ADAPTATION AND MODIFICATION OF SECTION 1 OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT 1956

In subsection (1) the words “and any other jurisdiction connected with ships and aircraft vested in the High Court apart from this section which is for the time being assigned by rules of court to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division” shall be deleted.

SCHEDULE 2 — PROVISIONS OF PART I OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT 1956 EXTENDED TO THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND ADAPTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS THERETO

Signed

W. G. Agnew

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides that the Supreme Court of the Falkland Islands, which is a Colonial Court of Admiralty, shall, in relation to the Falkland Islands, have the Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court of England, as defined in section 1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956, with certain modifications. It also extends certain of the provisions contained in Part I of that Act to the Falkland Islands.