The Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 9) Order 2011

• Citation: S.I. 2011/2982
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Overseas Territories (Change of Name) (No. 9) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 14th January 2012.

Section 2 Amendment of Emergency Powers Order in Council 1939

The Emergency Powers Order in Council 1939 is amended—

(a) in section 2(1), by substituting for paragraph (a) the following—

(a) in relation to the British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Commissioner for each of those territories;

(b) in section 2(1), in the definition of “Territory”, by deleting the words “and its dependencies”; and

(c) in the list of territories in the First Schedule, by substituting for the words “St Helena” the words “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”, and by inserting, in the appropriate alphabetical position, “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands”.