# Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987, Paragraph 1


The following shall be inserted at the end of Schedule 1 to the 1964 Act—
“ARTICLE 45
If diplomatic relations are broken off between two States, or if a mission is permanently or temporarily recalled:
(a) the receiving State must, even in case of armed conflict, respect and protect the premises of the mission, together with its property and archives;
(b) the sending State may entrust the custody of the premises of the mission, together with its property and archives, to a third State acceptable to the receiving State;
(c) the sending State may entrust the protection of its interests and those of its nationals to a third State acceptable to the receiving State.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/46/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/diplomatic-and-consular-premises-act-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

