Statutory Instruments
PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM
Made
22nd November 1994
Laid before Parliament
28th November 1994
Coming into force
19th December 1994
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978(1), I hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Designation of Countries) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 19th December 1994.
2. The Czech Republic and Slovakia are hereby designated as parties to the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism signed at Strasbourg on 27th January 1977.
Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
22nd November 1994
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates the Czech Republic and Slovakia so that they become Convention countries within the meaning of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978.
The two countries are parties to the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism. The following countries have now been designated for the purposes of the Act: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. In addition the 1978 Act has been applied to the United States of America by the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Application of Provisions) (United States of America) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/2146) and to India by the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Application of Provisions) (India) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2533).
By virtue of article 1, this Order comes into force on 19th December 1994.