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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-visiting-forces-and-international-headquarters-application-of-law-amendment-order-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110847276",
  "legislation_title": "The Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) (Amendment) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-visiting-forces-and-international-headquarters-application-of-law-amendment-order-2008",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/1736) (“1999 Order”).\nIt adds Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Ireland, Montenegro, Serbia and Tajikistan to the list of countries in Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1999 Order, with the effect that the 1999 Order applies to the visiting forces of those countries. Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Ireland, Montenegro, Serbia and Tajikistan are added as part of meeting the UK’s obligations under the NATO Partnership for Peace Status of Forces Agreement. Additionally, Ireland is added as part of meeting the UK’s obligations under the European Union Status of Forces Agreement (Official Journal of the European Union, 2003/C 321/02).\nThe Order also substitutes a new Schedule 2 to the 1999 Order, which lists the headquarters to which the 1999 Order applies. To reflect the changes to the NATO command structure, certain headquarters are removed from Schedule 2 to the 1999 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 Schedule 2 to the 1999 Order, 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).\nThree headquarters remain unchanged:\nThe Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE);\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 1999 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.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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