The International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 1987

Made: 18th May 1987

Coming into force: 17th June 1987

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of May 1987 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of that Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1

This Order may be cited as the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 1987, and shall come into force at the expiration of thirty days beginning with the day on which it is made.

2

There shall be inserted at the end of Part II of the Schedule to the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) Order 1965[^f00002] the following entries:—

• “The Headquarters of the Commander Submarine Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (COMSUBEASTLANT).”;

• “The Headquarters of the Commander in Chief of UK Air Forces (CINCUKAIR).”.

Signed

G. I. de Deney — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds the Headquarters of the Commander Submarine Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (COMSUBEASTLANT) and the Headquarters of the Commander in Chief of UK Air Forces (CINCUKAIR) to the international headquarters mentioned in Part II of the Schedule to the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) Order 1965.

The effect is to extend to the two headquarters and certain persons connected with them the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (c. 67) as amended by the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964. It also confers on the two headquarters the like privileges as respects the inviolability of their official archives as are accorded to diplomats accredited to Her Majesty.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1964 c. 5.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1965/1535; there are no amending instruments.