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2002 No. 2638
PITCAIRN ISLANDS
The Pitcairn (Amendment) Order 2002
Made
22nd October 2002
Laid before Parliament
4th November 2002
Coming into force
20th November 2002
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of October 2002
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Pitcairn (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 20th November 2002.
Amendment of section 5 of the Pitcairn Order 1970
2. Section 5 of the Pitcairn Order 1970(3) is amended by deleting subsection (2A) and replacing it with the following subsection:
“(2A) Subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force in the Islands, a court established under subsection (2) shall sit in such place in the Islands as the Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Chief Justice, may appoint:
Provided that it may also sit in the United Kingdom, or in such other place as the Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Chief Justice, may appoint.”.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Pitcairn Order 1970 so as to authorise courts and judicial authorities established for Pitcairn under that Order to function in such place as the Governor may appoint, in addition to Pitcairn or the United Kingdom.
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