Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 3918
UNITED NATIONS
The High Court of Justiciary (Proceedings in the Netherlands) (United Nations) (Variation) Order 2001
Made
11th December 2001
Laid before Parliament
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
12th December 2001
Coming into force
13th December 2001
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of December 2001
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by a resolution adopted on 27th August 1998, called upon Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to take certain actions to facilitate the conducting of criminal proceedings under Scots law in the Netherlands:
Now therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946( 1 ) is pleased, by and with the advice of the Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered:–
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the High Court of Justiciary (Proceedings in the Netherlands) (United Nations) (Variation) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 13th December 2001.
Variation of the 1998 Order
2. In article 4 of the High Court of Justiciary (Proceedings in the Netherlands) (United Nations) Order 1998( 2 ) (“the 1998 Order”) (initiation of proceedings conducted by virtue of the 1998 Order), paragraph (5) is omitted.
3. In paragraph (3) of article 14 of the 1998 Order (appointment of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary who are to constitute the court to hear any appeal), for “Lord Justice Clerk” there is substituted “Lord Justice General”.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
1946 c. 45 . Section 1 was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) , Schedule 8, paragraph 6.