HC Deb 26 January 1961 vol 633 cc49-50W
Sir D. Campbell

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in applying the Admiralty jurisdiction contained in the Administration of Justice Act, 1956, to the Courts of the Channels Islands and Isle of Man, respectively; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The Guernsey authorities have agreed to the making of an Order in Council under Section 56 of the Administration of Justice Act, 1956, applying to the Bailiwick of Guernsey so much of Part I of the Act as is necessary to enable the three International Conventions on Maritime Law, which were concluded in Brussels in 1952, to be extended to the Bailiwick. The authorities in Jersey and the Isle of Man still have the matter under consideration.