Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 767

Overseas Territories

The Uzbekistan (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Revocation) Order 2010

Made

17th March 2010

Laid before Parliament

18th March 2010

Coming into force

8th April 2010

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of March 2010

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in Her by section 112 of the Saint Helena Act 1833(1), the British Settlements Acts 1887 and 1945(2), and of all 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 Uzbekistan (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Revocation) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 8th April 2010.

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

Revocation

2.  The Uzbekistan (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2006(3) is revoked.

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 1(2)

SCHEDULETERRITORIES 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 (formerly St. Helena and Dependencies)

  • 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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Uzbekistan (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2006 made to give effect, in the overseas territories to which the 2006 Order extended, to Council Common Position 2005/792/CFSP (as amended by Council Common Position 2008/843/CFSP) which was adopted by the Council of the European Union on 14th November 2005 to provide for certain restrictive measures against Uzbekistan. On 27th October 2009 the Council decided that the Council Common Position 2005/792/CFSP (as amended) should not be extended beyond the expiry date of 13th November 2009.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.