Suggested activities

a Find the answers in the text:

Is the Isle of Man a part of the UK?

2 Has the Isle of Man got its own government and courts?

3 What is the role of the Privy Council?

4 Who makes recommendations to the Privy Council on Isle of Man affairs?

5 What minister bears prime responsibility for Isle of Man affairs?

6 What is the name of the government of the Isle of Man?

7 Who is the head of the government?

8 Of what two houses does it consist?

9 Who ratifies laws adopted by the government of the Isle of Man?

b Complete the sentences using the text:

The Court of Tynwald consists of........................appointed by, an Upper........................and a Lower..........

..............................................................................................................................................................................

2 Tynwald legislates in.......................................................................................................................................

3 The Home Secretary is responsible for advising.............................................................................................

4 Judicial corporal punishment was abolished...................................................................................................

5 Corporal punishment remained.......................................................................................................................

6 Its application has been restricted to...............................................................................................................

с Insert the correct prepositions;

1 The UK Government has full power to pass laws applicable... the Isle of Man.

2 But,... constitutional convention, the UK Government does not legislate... the Island's domestic affairs, such as penal policy without Tynwald's consent.

3 Under various provisions corporal punishment could be imposed... males... the age of 21... a number of offences.

4 Since 1969 corporal punishment application has been restricted... offences of violence in the Isle of Man.

5 The name and address of a juvenile sentenced... corporal punishment or otherwise are not published.

d Repeat what the text said about:

• the Isle of Man as a depending territory of the UK

• the legal system of the island

• the legality of corporal punishment in the Isle of Man

Word study

e Give the families of the following words:

f Make sentences of your own with the following words and expressions:

to adopt laws............................................................................................................................................

laws applicable to....................................................................................................................................

to legislate in/on......................................................................................................................................

to legalize smth.......................................................................................................................................

legal system (affairs, offence, adviser) to take legal action against smb...............................................

g Translate into English using the following words: