Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2045

The Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Hong Kong) Order 1987

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1987 No. 2045

PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM

The Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Hong Kong) Order 1987

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of November 1987

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 7(3) of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978^[1], or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Hong Kong) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

    2.—(1)  Subject to Article 3 below, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 and Schedule 1 thereto, modified and adapted as in the Schedule hereto, shall extend to Hong Kong.

    (2)  For the purpose of construing the said Act as so extended as part of the law of Hong Kong "the Territory" means the territory of Hong Kong including its territorial waters.

    3.    The aforesaid provisions of the said Act shall apply in Hong Kong in relation to any Commonwealth country, foreign state or United Kingdom dependency in respect of which an order is or may be made under section 5(1) of the Act as it applies in the United Kingdom in accordance with the terms of the relevant order but, save to the extent that it is necessary to take account of the words "convention country" in order to determine the way in which such provisions apply in relation to any such Commonwealth country, foreign state or United Kingdom dependency, they shall not apply in relation to a convention country until an order bringing the Act into force for that purpose has been made in Hong Kong by the Governor under section 9(3) of the Act, modified and adapted as in the Schedule hereto.

G I de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

[1] 1978 c. 26 back

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