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The Consular Conventions (Polish People's Republic) Order 1971

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1971 No. 1238

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

The Consular Conventions (Polish People'S Republic) Order 1971

Made

28th July 1971

Laid before Parliament

3rd August 1971

Coming into Operation

13th August 1971

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of July 1971

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas by section 6(1) of the Consular Conventions Act 1949 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) it is enacted that Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that sections 1 and 2 of the Act (which provide for the exercise by consular officers of certain powers in relation to the property of deceased persons) shall apply to any foreign State specified in the Order, being a State with which a Consular Convention providing for matters for which provision is made by those sections has been concluded by Her Majesty:

And whereas such a Consular Convention between Her Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Council of State of the Polish People's Republic was signed at London on 23rd February 1967(1) and will enter into force on 13th August 1971:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf by the Act or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Consular Conventions (Polish People's Republic) Order 1971 and shall come into operation on 13th August 1971.

2.  Sections 1 and 2 of the Act shall apply to the Polish People's Republic.

W. G. Agnew

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides for the application of sections 1 and 2 of the Consular Conventions Act 1949 to Poland and enables Her Majesty to give effect to the provisions relating to administration of estates in the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and Poland which was signed at London on 23rd February 1967.

The purport of sections 1 and 2 of the Act is stated in the preamble to this Order. Section 1 relates to England and, with the modifications contained in section 7 of the Act, to Northern Ireland; section 2 relates to Scotland.

(1)

Cmnd. 3307.

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