{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-international-headquarters-and-defence-organisations-designation-and-privileges-order-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111158463",
  "legislation_title": "The International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-international-headquarters-and-defence-organisations-designation-and-privileges-order-2017",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order replaces the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) Order 1965 (“the 1965 Order”) which was amended on four occasions. The 1965 Order listed those headquarters which were designated for the purposes of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964.\nTo reflect the changes to the NATO command and force structure, two headquarters are renamed from Part II of the Schedule to the 1965 Order, namely:\nMaritime Component Command Headquarters Northwood (CC-MAR HQ NORTHWOOD) as Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM).\nThe Intelligence Fusion Centre (IFC) as The NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre (NIFC)\nSeven headquarters remain unchanged:\nCommander Submarines Allied Naval Forces North (COMSUBNORTH)\nNATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force (NAEW&CF)\nNATO Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff (NATO JEWCS)\nHeadquarters United Kingdom – Netherlands Amphibious Force (UKNLAF)\nHeadquarters United Kingdom – Netherlands Landing Force (UKNLLF)\nThe European Air Group (EAG)\nHeadquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC)\nTwo headquarters are new, having been set up since the last amendment to the 1965 Order:\nNATO Centralised Targeting Capacity (CTC)\n1st NATO Signal Battalion, NATO CIS Group (1 NSB, NCISG)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111158463/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:06:28.818712+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."
}