The Geneva Conventions Act (Jersey) Order 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/2589
• Sections: 5

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Geneva Conventions Act (Jersey) Order 2012, and shall come into force on the seventh day after it is registered by the Royal Court of Jersey.

Section 2

Section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 shall extend to Jersey subject to the exceptions and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 1

References to—

(a) the Geneva Conventions Act 1957;

(b) the Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1995; and

(c) the Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009,

or to any provision of any of those Acts shall be construed as references to the Act or provision as it has effect in Jersey.

Section 2

In section 1(5) (Amendments of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957), for subsection (4D) inserted into section 6 (Use of Red Cross and other emblems) of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 substitute—

(4D) For the purposes of subsection (4B) of this section references in subsection (4) of this section to the coming into operation of this Act in Jersey shall be construed as references to the coming into operation of section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 in Jersey.

Section 3

Omit section 1(6).