The Eritrea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Revocation) Order 2019

Made: 13th February 2019

Laid before Parliament: 20th February 2019

Coming into force: 13th March 2019

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of February 2019Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946[^f00001], section 112 of the Saint Helena Act 1833[^f00002], the British Settlements Acts 1887 and 1945[^f00003], and all of the other powers enabling Her to do so, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Citation, commencement and extent

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Eritrea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Revocation) Order 2019 and comes into force on 13th March 2019.

• (2) This Order extends to the territories in the Schedule.

Revocation

2

The Eritrea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012[^f00004] is revoked.

SCHEDULE — Territories to which this Order extends

• Anguilla

• British Antarctic Territory

• British Indian Ocean Territory

• Cayman Islands

• Falkland Islands

• Montserrat

• Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

• St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus

• Turks and Caicos Islands

• Virgin Islands

Signed

Richard Tilbrook — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order revokes the Eritrea (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2751), which gave effect in specified Overseas Territories to sanctions adopted by the United Nations Security Council against Eritrea. The Order reflects the lifting of those sanctions by the United Nations Security Council under resolution 2444 (2018) and gives effect to the implementation of that resolution by the European Union under Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1944 and Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1932.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1946 c.45.

[^f00002]: 1833 c.85.

[^f00003]: 1887 c.54 and 1945 c.7.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2012/2751, as amended.