{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-international-headquarters-and-defence-organisations-designation-and-privileges-amendment-order-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110847214",
  "legislation_title": "The International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-international-headquarters-and-defence-organisations-designation-and-privileges-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) Order 1965 (“the 1965 Order”) by substituting a new Schedule to that Order. The Schedule to the 1965 Order lists those headquarters which are designated for the purposed of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964. Part I of the Schedule lists those headquarters which also benefit from the privileges and immunities conferred by article 3 (inviolability of archives), article 4 (legal capacity) and article 5 (immunity from legal process) of the 1965 Order. Those headquarters listed in Part II only benefit from article 3 (inviolability of archives).\nTo reflect the changes to the NATO command structure, certain headquarters are removed from Part II of the Schedule to the 1965 Order, namely:\nHeadquarters Allied Forces North Western Europe (AFNORTHWEST);\nHeadquarters Allied Air Forces North Western Europe (AIRNORTHWEST);\nHeadquarters Allied Maritime Air Forces North West (MARAIRNORTHWEST);\nHeadquarters Submarine Forces North West (SUBNORTHWEST);\nHeadquarters Allied Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (EASTLANT);\nHeadquarters Maritime Air Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (MARAIREASTLANT); and\nHeadquarters Submarine Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (SUBEASTLANT).\nThree headquarters remain in Parts I and II, but are renamed:\nHeadquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) as Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT);\nHeadquarters Allied Naval Forces North Western Europe (NAVNORTHWEST) as Maritime Component Command Headquarters Northwood (CC-MAR HQ NORTHWOOD); and\nNATO Airborne Early Warning Force Headquarters and the NATO E-3A Component as NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force (NAEW&CF).\nTwo headquarters remain unchanged:\nHeadquarters United Kingdom – Netherlands Amphibious Force (UKNLAF); and\nHeadquarters United Kingdom – Netherlands Landing Force (UKNLLF).\nFour headquarters are new, having been set up since the last amendment to the 1965 Order:\nCommander Submarines Allied Naval Forces North (COMSUBNORTH);\nNATO Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff (NATO JEWCS);\nThe European Air Group (EAG); and\nThe Intelligence Fusion Centre (IFC).\nHeadquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) is due to relocate to the United Kingdom in 2010.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
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