Explanatory note

This Order, which is made pursuant to the Consular Relations Act 1968, provides for according, in addition to the privileges accorded with respect to consular posts of the Kingdom of Denmark and persons connected with them by Schedule 1 to the Act, relief from rates and taxes for the residences of career consular officers. It gives effect to the relevant provisions of the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Denmark which was signed at Copenhagen on 27th June 1962 (Cmnd. 2033).