Explanatory note

This Order provides for the application of sections 1 and 2 of the Consular Conventions Act 1949 to the Arab Republic of Egypt and enables Her Majesty to give effect to the provisions relating to administration of estates in the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and the Arab Republic of Egypt which was signed at London on 23rd April 1985. (Cmnd. 9603).

Sections 1 and 2 of the Act provide for the exercise by Consular Officers of certain powers in relation to the property of deceased persons. Section 1 relates to England and, with the modifications contained in section 7 of the Act, to Northern Ireland; section 2 relates to Scotland.