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

Made12th November 1971

Laid before Parliament18th November 1971

Coming into Operation28th November 1971

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of November 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 Hungarian People's Republic was signed at Budapest on 12th March 19711 and will enter into force on 28th November 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 (Hungarian People's Republic) Order 1971 and shall come into operation on 28th November 1971.

2

Sections 1 and 2 of the Act shall apply to the Hungarian 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 Hungary and enables Her Majesty to give effect to the provisions relating to administration of estates in the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and Hungary which was signed at Budapest on 12th March 1971.

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.