# The Consular Conventions (Federal Republic of Germany) Order 1957, Note: Explanatory note


This Order in Council provides for the application of Sections one, two and four of the Consular Conventions Act, 1949, to the Federal Republic of Germany and thus enables Her Majesty to ratify the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany which was signed at Bonn on the 30th of July, 1956 (Cmnd. 5).
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1957/2052/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consular-conventions-federal-republic-of-germany-order-1957/note
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