LegalizeThe Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2023
Made: 8th March 2023
Coming into force: 9th March 2023
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of March 2023Present,The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Accordingly, His Majesty, on the advice of His Privy Council and in exercise of the powers conferred on Him by sections 1(2) and 15(2) of the 1952 Act, makes the following Order:
1
This Order may be cited as the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2023 and shall come in to force on 9th March 2023.
2
Japan is hereby designated for the purposes of the 1952 Act.
3
This Order shall not extend to any of the territories specified in section 15(3) of the 1952 Act.
Signed
Richard Tilbrook — Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The United Kingdom and Japan signed a treaty concerning the facilitation of reciprocal access and cooperation between the Self-Defense forces of Japan and United Kingdom Armed Forces on 11 January 2023.
The Agreement contains provisions on reciprocal concurrent jurisdictional arrangements. In order to effect those provisions, it is necessary to designate Japan as a country to which the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1952 c. 67; section 1(2) was amended by section 33 of the Armed Forces Act 1996 (c. 46).
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