Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I extended by Finance Act 1960 (c. 44), s. 73(4)
Pt. I (ss. 1-12) excluded (1.5.2000) by S.R. 2000/93, reg. 3
(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
F3Words substituted by Ghana Independence Act 1957 (c. 6), s. 4(4), Sch. 2 para. 6
F4Words substituted by Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957 (c. 60), s. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(1) as construed with Malaysia Act 1963 (c. 35), s. 3(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(a)
F5Word repealed by Cyprus Act 1960 (c. 52), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 6
F6Words added by Cyprus Act 1960 (c. 52), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 6
F7Word repealed by Nigeria Independence Act 1960 (c. 55), s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 6
F8Words added by Nigeria Independence Act 1960 (c. 55), s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 6
F9Word repealed by Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 (c. 16), s. 3(3), Sch. 3 para. 7
F10Words added by Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 (c. 16), s. 3(3), Sch. 3 para. 7
F11Word repealed by Tanganyika Independence Act 1961 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2 c. 1), s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 6
F12Words substituted by Jamaica Independence Act 1962 (c. 40), s. 3(5)(6), Sch. 2 para. 6
F13Words added by Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962 (c. 54), s. 3(4)(5), Sch. 2 para. 6
F14Words added by Uganda Independence Act 1962 (c. 57), s. 3(4)(5), Sch. 3 para. 6
F15Words added by Kenya Independence Act 1963 (c. 54), s. 4(4)(5), Sch. 2 para. 6
F16Words added by Zanzibar Act 1963 (c. 55), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7
F17Words added by Malawi Independence Act 1964 (c. 46), s. 4(4)(6), Sch. 2 para. 6
F18Words added by Zambia Independence Act 1964 (c. 65), s. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 7
F19Words added by Malta Independence Act 1964 (c. 86), s. 4(4)(7), Sch. 2 para. 6
F20Words added by Gambia Independence Act 1964 (c. 93), s. 4(4)(6), Sch. 2 para. 6
F21Words added by Guyana Independence Act 1966 (c. 14), s. 5(4)(5), Sch. 2 para. 6
F22Words added by Botswana Independence Act 1966 (c. 23), s. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 7
F23Words added by Lesotho Independence Act 1966 (c. 24), s. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I para. 7
F24Words added by Singapore Act 1966 (c. 29), s. 1, Sch. para. 4
F25Words added by Barbados Independence Act 1966 (c. 37), s. 4(5)(6), Sch. 2 para. 6
F26Words added by Mauritius Independence Act 1968 (c. 8), s. 4(3)(4), Sch. 2 para. 6
F27Words added by Swaziland Independence Act 1968 (c. 56), s. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I para. 7
F28Words added by Tonga Act 1970 (c. 22), s. 1(3), Sch. Pt. I para. 6
F29Words added by Fiji Independence Act 1970 (c. 50), s. 4(3)(4), Sch. 2 para. 5
F30Words added by Bahamas Independence Act 1973 (c. 27), s. 4(3)(4), Sch. 2 para. 4
F31Words added retrospectively by Bangladesh Act 1973 (c. 49), Sch. para. 2
F32Words added by Solomon Islands Act 1978 (c. 15, SIF 26:37A), s. 7(4), Sch. para. 3(a)
F33Words added by Tuvalu Act 1978 (c. 20, SIF 26:44A), s. 4(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(a)
F34Words added by S.I. 1978/1030, Sch. para. 4
F35Words added by 1978/1899, Sch. para. 4
F36Words added by Kiribati Act 1979 (c. 27, SIF 26:19A), s. 3(4), Sch. para. 4(a)
F37Words added by S.I. 1979/917, Sch. para. 4
F38Words added by Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980 (c. 2, SIF 26:26), s. 3, Sch. para. 9
F39Words added by S.I. 1980/701, Sch. para. 11(2)
F40Words added by New Hebrides Act 1980 (c. 16), s. 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 4
F41Words added by Belize Act 1981 (c. 52, SIF 26:7A), s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 3(a)
F42Words added by S.I. 1981/1105, Sch. para. 1
F43Words added by S.I. 1983/882, Sch. para. 3
F44Words added by Brunei and Maldives Act 1985 (c. 3, SIF 26:9A), s. 1, Sch. para. 6
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