Falkland Islands Ordinances Applied In The Dependencies
1949 – 1985

All the Ordinances passed in this period are available through this website via the following sources:

In this period the provisions of Application of Colony Laws Ordinance (Cap 1 DS) applied.

The following table lists the substantive Falkland Islands Ordinances that were applied to the Dependencies in the years 1949-1985 not including:

(1) those applied in the 1951 Consolidation; and
(2) those subsequently repealed.

Please refer to the Current Laws page where the Ordinances can be viewed or downloaded together with any amending Ordinances and secondary legislation

FI year of enactment

FI No

Ordinance

Applying ACLO

1939

17

Export and Imports (Emergency Powers) Ordinance 1939 (ACLO 1952)

02/1952

1951

5

Exchange Control Ordinance 1951 

04/1951

1954

4

Defence Force Ordinance 1954

01/1954

1954

13

Application of Enactments Ordinance 1954 

01/1955

1959

4

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 1959

2/1959

1959

11

Application of Enactments Ordinance 1959

5/1959

1959

12

Pensions (Increase) Ordinance 1959

5/1959

1960

3

Oil in Territorial Waters Ordinance 1960 

3/1960

1960

11

Geneva Conventions (Criminal Appeals) Ordinance 1960 

2/1961

1961

6

Homicide Ordinance 1961 

2/1961

1962

4

Application of Enactments Ordinance 1962 

1/1964

1962

11

Antarctic Treaty (Immunity from Jurisdiction) Ordinance 1962 

1/1964

1964

10

Application of Enactments (Intestates’ Estates and Family Provisions) Ordinance 1964 

2/1965

1964

12

Maintenance Orders Ordinance 1964 

2/1965

1965

10

Immigration Ordinance 1965

4/1965

1965

6

Pensions Ordinance 1965 

4/1965

1966

2

Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Ordinance 1966 

5/1966

1966

3

Appeals Ordinance 1966 

5/1966

1966

5

Prison Ordinance 1966

6/1966

1966

11

Ionising Radiations (Protection of Workers) Ordinance 1966 

6/1966

1966

13

Marriage (Enabling) Ordinance 1966 

6/1966

1967

1

Employment of Women Young Persons and Children Ordinance 1967 

1/1967

1967

10

Matrimonial Proceedings (Court of Summary Jurisdiction) Ordinance 1967

1/1967

1968

14

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (Change of Designation) Ordinance 1968 (ACLO 1968)

3/1968

1971

1

Decimal Currency Ordinance 1971 (ACLO 1971)

2/1971

1972

7

Banking Ordinance 1972 (ACLO 1972)

2/1972

1977

12

Protection of Wrecks Ordinance 1977 (ACLO 1977)

1/1977

1977

13

Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance 1977 (ACLO 1977)

1/1977

1977

14

Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (1977) (ACLO 1977)

1/1977

1979

1

Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 1979 (ACLO 1981)

1/1981

1979

14

Matrimonial Causes Ordinance 1979 (ACLO 1980)

1/1980

Before determining whether any particular Ordinance applied to the Dependencies please read and research at least all of the following: