In 1943 the Falkland Islands embarked on what turned into a lengthy exercise of producing an up to date consolidation of local statutory law.  This ultimately led to the 1951 Consolidation  of laws that was adopted in both the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 12 March 1953 (see Proclamations No.1 and No.2 of 1953).  Part of this work must have considered what English statutes should be adopted as first the Interpretation and General Law Ordinance 1949 and then the same Ordinance in its consolidated version – Interpretation and General Law Ordinance Cap 33 section 14(2) and Schedule provided:

Notes:

1. The Schedule to Interpretation and General Law Ordinance Cap 33 does not contain the title row in the Schedule.
2. The current Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (1977) contains 10 of these enactments.  These are shown numbered 1-10 reflecting the numbering given to them in the Schedule to Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (1977).
3. The Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (1977) and the Interpretation and General Clauses (Amendment) Ordinance 1978 were applied in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands by Application of Colony Laws Ordinances in 1977 and 1978 respectively.
4. In the Schedule to Interpretation and General Law Ordinance Cap 33 each of the Acts is prefaced by the word ‘The’ – however those reproduced in the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (1977) are not so prefaced hence not including it here.
5. Of the two sections (sections 1 and 53) of Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 only section 1 is applied by Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (1977) hence the use of [  ] around [and 53].
6. The enactments numbered X1-X3 and X5, and section 53 of Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (X4) are likely now only to have historic interest.  They are listed separately in the tabs below.

In 1954 and in the c.12 years that followed the Falkland Islands enacted a series of Ordinances that expressly applied with or without modifications around a further 70 or so English statutes to the Falkland Islands.   Some of those applied enactments were subject to subsequent amendments or dis-applied.   

Application of Colony Laws Ordinances were enacted for the Dependencies (ie including South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) applying those Falkland Islands laws to the Territories.  This necessarily had the effect of applying these English statutes to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

As noted above the Interpretation and General Law Ordinance (Cap 33) and Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (1977) also applied English statutes.  

The following table shows the position: