Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 299
DEFENCE
The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2008
Made
12th February 2008
Coming into force in relation to each country specified in Article 4 on the date determined in accordance with Article 2
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of February 2008
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
It appears to Her Majesty that, as the countries specified in Article 4 to this Order are party to arrangements for defence co-operation to which the United Kingdom is also party, the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952( 1 ) (‘the 1952 Act’) following section 1 should have effect in relation to each of those countries:
Accordingly, Her Majesty, on the advice of Her Privy Council and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(2)( 2 ) and 15(2) of the 1952 Act, makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2008 and shall come into force in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.
2. —(1) In relation to Croatia and Jordan, this Order shall come into force the day after the date on which this Order is made.
(2) In relation to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Tajikistan, this Order shall come into force on whichever is the later of—
(a) the date on which their Governments become parties to the Agreement, dated 19th June 1995, made between Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and those other States which have accepted the invitation to take part in the Partnership for Peace( 3 ); or
(b) the day after the date on which this Order is made.
(3) In relation to Ireland, this Order shall come into force on whichever is the later of either—
(a) the date on which—
(i) the Agreement referred to in Article 2(4) enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom; or
(ii) its Government becomes a party to the Agreement, dated 19th June 1995, made between Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and those other States which have accepted the invitation to take part in the Partnership for Peace;
or
(b) the day after the date on which this Order is made.
(4) For the purposes of Article 2(3), “the Agreement” means the Agreement between the Member States of the European Union concerning the status of the military and civilian staff seconded to the military staff of the European Union, of the headquarters and forces which may be made available to the European Union in the context of the preparation and execution of the tasks referred to in Article 17(2) of the Treaty on European Union, including exercises, and of the military and civilian staff of the Member States put at the disposal of the European Union to act in this context( 4 ).
3. The date on which the Order comes into force in respect of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ireland, Serbia and Tajikistan shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
4. Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Ireland, Jordan, Montenegro, Serbia and Tajikistan are designated for the purposes of sections 2 to 19 of, and the Schedule to, the 1952 Act.
5. This Order shall not extend to any of the territories specified in section 15(3) of the 1952 Act( 5 ).
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
Section 1(2) was amended by section 33 of the Armed Forces Act 1996 (c.46) .
Misc. No.12 (1966). Cm 3237.
OJ No C 321, 31.12.03, p6.
Section 15(3) was amended by the British Nationality Act 1981 (c.61) , section 52(8) and Schedule 9.