The International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Overseas Territories) Order 2009

PART 6 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Interpretation

Meaning of “national court”

79.  In this Act “national court” means a court in the Territory.

Meaning of “British aircraft”, “British hovercraft” and “British ship”

80.—(1) In this Act, references to “British aircraft”, “British hovercraft” and “British ship” are to an aircraft, hovercraft or, as the case may be, ship which is registered in the Territory or which is one of Her Majesty’s aircraft, hovercraft or ships.

(2) References in subsection (1) to Her Majesty’s aircraft, hovercraft or ships are to the aircraft, hovercraft or, as the case may be, ships which belong to, or are exclusively employed in the service of, Her Majesty in right of the Government of the United Kingdom or registered in the Territory in the service of the Government of the Territory.

Application of provisions in relation to other International Tribunals

81.—(1) Section 23 (provisions as to state or diplomatic immunity) applies in relation to proceedings in other international tribunals as it applies in relation to proceedings under Part 2 of this Act, with the following adaptations.

(2) The adaptations are—

(a) in subsection (1) omit the words “by reason of a connection with a state party to the ICC Statute”;

(b) omit subsections (2) and (3)

(c) in subsection (4)—

(i) for the reference to the ICC substitute a reference to the relevant international tribunal, and

(ii) omit the words “or (2)”.

(3) Omitted

(4) Omitted

Crown application

82.  This Act binds the Crown and applies to persons in the public service of the Crown, and property held for the purposes of the public service of the Crown, as it applies to other persons and property.

83.  Omitted

84.  Omitted

Final provisions

Index of defined expressions

85.  In this Act the expressions listed below are defined or otherwise explained by the provisions indicated—

act and conduct (in Part 5)	section 69
ancillary offence (in Part 5)	section 55
appropriate judicial officer (in Part 2)	section 26
article	section 1(2)
British aircraft, British hovercraft and British ship	section 76
competent court (in Part 2)	section 26
crime against humanity (in Part 5)	section 50(1)
delivery order (in Part 2)	section 5(3)
genocide (in Part 5)	section 50(1)
the ICC	section 1(1)
ICC crime	section 1(1)
the ICC Statute	section 1(1)
national court	section 75
provisional warrant (in Part 2)	section 3(5)
remand (in Part 2)	section 16
section 2 warrant (in Part 2)	section 2(5)
United Kingdom national (in Part 5)	section 67(1)
war crime (in Part 5)	section 50(1)

86.  Omitted

87.  Omitted

88.  Omitted