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Made 25th June 1958

Laid before Parliament 1st July 1958

Coming into Operation 7th July 1958

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of June, 1958

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas it appears to Her Majesty to be expedient that the organisations mentioned in Article 1 hereof, being organisations of which one or more sovereign Powers, or the government or governments thereof, are members, should be declared to be organisations to which section 33 of the Copyright Act, 1956, applies so that copyright protection is afforded to certain works made or published by them or under their direction or control:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority conferred upon Her by sections 33 and 47 of the Copyright Act, 1956, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—