The Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 (Guernsey) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/2978
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 (Guernsey) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 19th January 1998.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“ Guernsey ” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey;

“ the Act ” means the Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981.

Section 3 Application of section 1

The application of section 1 of the Act shall extend to bodies incorporated under the law of any part of Guernsey.

Section 4 Extension of provisions of the Act to Guernsey

Sections 1, 14, 17 and 18(1) of the Act shall extend to Guernsey with the modifications specified in the Schedule hereto.

Section 1

In section 1—

(a) in subsection (3)(b), for “the statutory maximum” substitute “level 5 on the uniform scale”;

(b) for subsection (4) substitute—

(4) This section applies to any person who—

(a) is a United Kingdom national or a body incorporated under the law of any part of Guernsey; and

(b) is resident in Guernsey.

(c) omit subsection (5).

Section 3

In section 17—

(a) omit the definitions of “ancillary operations”, “inspector”, “licensed area”, “licensed operations”, “licensee”, “prescribed”, “reciprocal authorisation”, “reciprocating country” and “ship”;

(b) for the definition of “exploitation licence” substitute—

“exploitation licence” means a licence authorising the licensee to exploit the hard mineral resources of such part of the deep sea bed as may be specified in the licence

(c) for the definition of “exploration licence” substitute—

“exploration licence” means a licence authorising the licensee to explore for the hard mineral resources of such part of the deep sea bed as may be specified in the licence

Section 5

In section 14—

(a) in subsection (1), omit “or under regulations made under this Act”; and for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Guernsey”;

(b) omit subsections (2) and (3);

(c) in subsection (5), omit “or of regulations made under this Act”.