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Article 2
1.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Colonial Government Ships) Order 1963(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1—
(a)in column 1, omit “The Government of the Colony of the Falkland Islands”; and
(b)in column 2 (authorised officer), omit the corresponding entry “The Colonial Secretary”.
2.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Intervention) (Overseas Territories) Order 1982(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 omit “Falkland Islands and Dependencies” and insert “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands” after “Saint Helena and Dependencies”.
(3) In paragraph 2(c) of Schedule 3 for “the Falkland Islands and Dependencies a reference to the Civil Commissioner” substitute “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands a reference to the Commissioner”.
3.—(1) The Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (Overseas Territories) Order 1982(3) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 3, for “the Falkland Islands and its Dependencies” substitute “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands”; and
(3) In Schedule 1, omit “Falkland Islands and Dependencies” and insert “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands” after “Saint Helena and Dependencies”.
4. In the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) (Overseas Territories) Order 1983(4), in Schedule 1, omit “Falkland Islands”.
5. In the Environment Protection (Overseas Territories) Order 1988(5), in Schedule 2 (territories to which this order applies) omit “Falkland Islands”.
6. In the Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage) (Transitional Provisions) (Overseas Territories) Order 1997(6), in article 2 omit “Falkland Islands”.
7.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Salvage Convention) (Overseas Territories) Order 1997(7) is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 omit “Falkland Islands”.
(3) In Part II (provisions having effect in connection with convention) of Schedule 2, omit paragraphs 3(1)(d), 5(2)(f) and 6(f).
S.I.1963/1631, to which there are amendments which are not relevant to this instrument.
S.I. 1983/762, amended by S.I.1989/2400.
S.I. 1988/1084, amended by S.I. 1997/1748 there are other amending instruments which are not relevant to this instrument.
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