Cap. 276 Art. 4Designated Commonwealth country.

(1) The Minister may by order designate for the purposes of article 3 any country for the time being mentioned in article

28(3) of the Constitution of Malta, or any other country within the Commonwealth; and any country for the time being so designated is in this Act referred to as a designated Commonwealth country.

(2) The Minister may by the same or any subsequent order direct that this Act shall have effect in relation to the return of persons to, or in relation to persons returned from, any designated Commonwealth country subject to such conditions, exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the order.

(3) For the purposes of any order made under the foregoing provisions of this article, any territory for the external relations of which a Commonwealth country is responsible may be treated as part of that country or, if the Government of that country so requests, as a separate country.