Commentary on Sections and Schedules Extent etc. Section 54 –Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British overseas territories
111.Subsection (1) provides a power to make an Order to extend the provisions of Part 1 of the Act to any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any of the British overseas territories. Subsection (2) provides that certain provisions of the Temporary Provisions Act (which deem certain Orders validly made under the United Nations Act 1946) which have effect as part of the law of Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and the overseas territories shall remain in force until 31 March 2011. The purpose of this extension of the Temporary Provisions Act is to provide time for the provisions of Part 1 of this Act to be extended to such of the territories or islands as seek to have such provisions, or for the territories and islands to enact their own provisions should they decide to do so.