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DESIGNATION
Made
19th December 1956
Coming into Operation
1st January 1957
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December, 1956
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas it appears to Her Majesty that having regard to the arrangements for common defence to which Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the governments of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order are parties it is expedient that the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act, 1952, following subsection (2) of section one thereof should have effect in relation to each of the countries so specified:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the power conferred upon Her by subsection (2) of section one of the Visiting Forces Act, 1952, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1. Each of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated for the purposes of all the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act, 1952, following subsection (2) of section one thereof.
2.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order, 1956, and shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1957.
(2) This Order shall not extend to any of the territories specified in subsection (3) of section fifteen of the Visiting Forces Act, 1952.
W. G. Agnew
Luxembourg, Turkey, Greece, Denmark, Portugal and Italy.
Section 1 (1) of the Visiting Forces Act, 1952, provides that references in the Act to a country to which a provision of the Act applies are references to Commonwealth countries and to any country designated for the purposes of that provision by Order in Council. This Order designates Luxembourg, Turkey, Greece, Denmark, Portugal and Italy.
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