Administration of Justice Act, 1956 (Admiralty Jurisdiction)

HC Deb 18 March 1964 vol 691 cc198-9W

Sir Knox Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will approach the appropriate authorities in the Western Pacific Commission and ask whether they wish the enlarged Admiralty jurisdiction conferred upon the High Court of the United Kingdom by the Administration of Justice Act, 1956, to be extended to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, to the Central and Southern Line Islands and, after consultation with the French Government, to the New Hebrides Condominium, respectively, by Orders in Council.

Mr. Sandys

An approach has been made and the High Commissioner has requested that the Act should be extended to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, to the Central and Southern Line Islands and, subject to the agreement of the French Government, to the New Hebrides, by an Order in Council.