Territorial Extent and Application
12.The Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Section 54 extends to Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, St Helena and Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Turks and Caicos Islands and Virgin Islands (“the British overseas territories”), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. There is power to extend Part 1 of the Act by Order in Council, with such modifications as are appropriate, to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and any British overseas territory. The amendments made by section 28(1) (amendment of the Senior Courts Act 1981) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (amendment of civil procedure rules: England and Wales) extend to England and Wales only. The amendments made by paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 1 (amendments of rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland)) extend to Northern Ireland only.
