The Consular Conventions (Kingdom of Sweden) Order 1952

Made: 24th June 1952

Laid before Parliament: 25th June 1952

Coming into Operation: 24th September 1952

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of June, 1952

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas by Section 6(1) of the Consular Conventions Act, 1949, (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) it is enacted that Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that Sections one and two or Section four of the Act (which provide for the exercise by consular officers of certain powers in relation to the property of deceased persons, and for the restriction of the powers of entry in relation to consular offices) shall apply to any foreign State specified in the Order, being a State with which a Consular Convention providing for matters for which provision is made by those Sections has been concluded by Her Majesty;

And Whereas a Consular Convention[^f00001] (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”) between Her Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and His Majesty the King of Sweden was signed at Stockholm on the 14th day of March, 1952, which provides for matters for which provision is made in the said Sections one and two and Section four, and which takes effect on the thirtieth day after the date of exchange of instruments of ratification;

And Whereas Her Majesty desires to ratify the Convention:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on Her by the Act or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1

Sections one and two and Section fourof the Act shall apply to the Kingdom of Sweden.

2

This Order may be cited as the Consular Conventions (Kingdom of Sweden) Order, 1952. It shall come into force on the date on which the Convention enters into force. This date shall be notified in the London Gazette [^f00002].

Signed

F. J. Fernau

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purport of Sections one, two and four of the Act is stated in the preamble to this Order. Sections one and four relate to England and, with the modifications contained in Section seven of the Act, to Northern Ireland; Sections two and four relate to Scotland.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Cmd. 8541.

[^f00002]: 24th September, 1952.