Visiting Forces Act 1952

1 Countries to which Act applies.U.K.

(1)References in this Act to a country to which a provision of this Act applies are references to—

(a)Canada, Australia, New Zealand, [F1South Africa,] . . ., India, [F2Pakistan,] . . . [F3Ceylon [F4 Ghana, F5 . . . Malaysia]][F6the Republic of Cyprus, F7 . . . ][F8Nigeria, F9. . . ][F10Sierra Leone, F11 . . . ][F12Tanganyika or Jamaica][F13Trinidad and Tobago, or][F14Uganda, or][F15Kenya, or][F16Zanzibar, or][F17Malawi, or][F18Zambia, or][F19Malta, or][F20The Gambia, or][F21Guyana, or][F22Botswana, or][F23Lesotho, or][F24Singapore, or][F25Barbados, or][F26Mauritius, or][F27Swaziland, or][F28Tonga, or][F29Fiji, or][F30the Bahamas, or][F31Bangladesh, or][F32Solomon Islands or][F33Tuvalu or][F34Dominica or][F35St. Lucia or][F36Kiribati or][F37St Vincent and the Grenadines or][F38Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru, or][F39Zimbabwe or][F40the New Hebrides or][F41Belize or][F42Antigua and Barbuda or][F43Saint Christopher and Nevis][F44Brunei or Maldives, or][F45Namibia, or][F46or Cameroon or Mozambique]

(b)any country designated for the purposes of that provision by Order in Council under the next following subsection.

(2)Where it appears to Her Majesty, as respects any country not mentioned in paragraph (a) of the foregoing subsection, that having regard to[F47(a)] any arrangements for common defence [F48; or

(b)any other arrangements for defence co-operation,]

to which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of that country are for the time being parties it is expedient that the following provisions of this Act, or any of those provisions, should have effect in relation to that country, Her Majesty may by Order in Council designate that country for the purposes of the provisions in question.

(3)Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that in so far as this Act has effect in relation to any country designated under the last foregoing subsection, it shall have effect subject to such limitations, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Order.

(4)No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under the last foregoing subsection unless a draft thereof has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 1(1)(a) inserted (23.3.1995) by 1995 c. 3, s. 1, Sch. para. 5(1)(2)

F2Word inserted (retrospectively: 1.10.1989) by Pakistan Act 1990 (c. 14, SIF 26:30), s. 1, Sch. para. 5

F31Words added retrospectively by Bangladesh Act 1973 (c. 49), Sch. para. 2

F35Words added by 1978/1899, Sch. para. 4

F45Words in s. 1(1)(a) added (retrospective to 21. 3. 1990) by Namibia Act 1991 (c. 4, SIF 26:25A), s. 1, Sch. para. 4 (with s. 2(2))

F46 S. 1(1)(a): Words inserted (7.1.2003) by 2002 c. 39, ss. 2, 4(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(1)

F47Word in s. 1(2) inserted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, s. 33(a); S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2

F48Words in s. 1(2)(b) substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, s. 33(b); S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2