{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diplomatic-privileges-act-1964/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diplomatic-privileges-act-1964/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/81",
  "legislation_title": "Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diplomatic-privileges-act-1964",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Short title, interpretation, commencement, repeal and saving.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This Act shall come into force on such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Any Order in Council under the Diplomatic Immunities Restriction Act 1955 which is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, so far as it could have been made under section 3 of this Act, have effect as if so made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 8(2) repealed by Zimbabwe Act 1979 (c. 60, SIF 26:39), s. 6(3), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 8(4), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1955 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "1.10.1964 appointed under s. 8(3) by S.I. 1964/1400"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/81/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:58:32.543833+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}