The Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 1991 (Guernsey) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/2625
• Sections: 10

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 1991 (Guernsey) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the day on which sections 1 to 5 of the Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 1991 come into force in accordance with an order under section 6(2) of that Act.

Section 2

The Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 1991 shall extend to the Bailwick of Guernsey with the modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order (being modifications which appear to Her Majesty to be appropriate).

Section 1

Any reference to a provision of the Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 1991 shall be construed, unless the contrary intention appears, as a reference to it as it has effect in the Bailwick of Guernsey.

Section 2

For any reference to the United Kingdom, except in the expression “Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom”, there shall be substituted a reference to the Bailwick of Guernsey.

Section 3

In section 1(2) at the end there shall be added the word “and” and the following paragraph:

(d) “officer of police” means

(i) in relation to Guernsey, Herm and Jethou, a member of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey and, within the limits of his jurisdiction, a member of the special constabulary of the Island of Guernsey,

(ii) in relation to Alderney, a member of the said police force and a member of any police force that may be established b ythe States of Alderney, and

(iii) in relation to Sark, the Constable, the Vingtenier and a member of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey.

Section 4

In section 2(4)(b) and (6), for “constable” there shall be substituted “officer of police”.

Section 5

In section 3—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), for “constable” there shall be substituted “officer of police”; and

(b) subsection (3) shall be omitted.

Section 6

In section 4—

(a) in subsection (1), after “licence” there shall be inserted “or lease”; and

(b) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection:

(2) In subsection (1)—

“Crown land” means land in which there is a Crown interest; and

“private interest” means an interest which is not a crown interest;

and for this purpose “Crown interest” means an interest—

(a) belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, or

(b) belonging to the States of Guernsey, the States of Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark.

Section 7

In section 5—

(a) in subsections (1) and (2), after “as are enjoyed” there shall be inserted “under United Kingdom law”;

(b) in subsection (7) at the end of the definition of “enactment” there shall be added the words “, an Order in Council ratifying a Projet de Loi approved by, and an Ordinance of, the States of Guernsey or the States of Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark and any statutory instrument made under any such Order in Council or Ordinance”.

Section 8

In section 6, subsections (2) to (4) shall be omitted.