These links are for external law-related sites relevant to the SBAs. The SBAA is not responsible for the content or workings of external sites.
SBAs as British Overseas Territories
There are special factors in the law of British Overseas Territories - as territories for whose international relations the UK is responsible under international law - and as the law has developed from former UK colonial law.
Appeals from the Senior Judges ’ Court generally go to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the equivalent of the House of Lords in English appeals.
Some UK legislation is made applicable to the SBAs .UK legislation is generally accessible on the website of the Office of Public Sector Information.
- Some UK case-law therefore also affects the SBAs . Judgments are accessible from the website of the British and Irish Legal Information Institute .
The purpose of the SBAs is as military bases - UK Military Law applies to service and related personnel wherever they are in the world .
- The UK Government Department responsible for most of the overseas territories is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , but the SBAs are supported by the Ministry of Defence because of their use as military bases . FCO on treaties includes a section on UK Overseas Territories.
Original text of British Overseas Territories Act 2002 - the SBAs are the only OT to keep OT citizenship instead of moving to British Citizenship, but the large majority of residents are either UK-military-related or nationals of the Republic of Cyprus.
EU Accession
Special arrangements have been made for the SBAs in the accession of Cyprus to the EU - set out in Protocols to the EU's Treaty of Accession 2003 (or as a pdf file) - see Protocol No 3 on the SBAs and Protocol No 10 on Cyprus.
See also -
- European Parliament enlargement pages on Cyprus entry
- British High Commission
- EUR-Lex
- Cyprus - EU Harmonisation Coordinator
- Accession Treaty (Official Journal L 236 of 23 September 2003)
Republic of Cyprus law
Some Republican provisions are being adopted by the SBAs in Greek as part of SBA law. The Greek texts of the Republic's legislation are available through the Cyprus Government Gazette.
- Cyprus law reports
- Republic of Cyprus, main website copy of Constitution
The primary legislation of the Republic of Cyprus is passed by the House of Representatives.