Topic summary
UK law
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Law of the United Kingdom.
Crown Dependencies
Residents of the dependencies do not have representation in the UK Parliament. UK law does not apply to the dependencies unless explicitly stated or clearly intended, and such laws are almost always executed by the monarch in the form of an Order in Council. This constitutional arrangement was tested when the Isle of Man, supply base for Radio Caroline, rejected the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967, but the legislation was extended to the island anyway by an Order in Council. This resulted in some protests and talk of independence in the Manx legislature, but no consequential action. For centuries, UK laws have been considered to override local legislation, but since the 1980s, the Manx Staff of Government Division have asserted the two are co-equal.