{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-administrative-and-financial-provisions-order-in-council-1950/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-administrative-and-financial-provisions-order-in-council-1950/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1950/1193",
  "legislation_title": "The Foreign Compensation (Administrative and Financial Provisions) Order in Council 1950",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-administrative-and-financial-provisions-order-in-council-1950",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOREIGN COMPENSATION\nMade 21st July 1950\nLaid before Parliament 22nd July 1950\nComing into Operation 1st August 1950\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of July, 1950\nPresent,\nThe King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas the Foreign Compensation Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) provided for the constitution for the purposes of the Act of a Commission, to be called the Foreign Compensation Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”);\nAnd Whereas by Section 7 of the Act, His Majesty is authorised by Order in Council to make provision with respect to certain administrative and financial matters specified in that Section and any other matters for which His Majesty considers it necessary or expedient to provide for the purpose of enabling the Commission to exercise their functions;\nAnd Whereas it is now deemed expedient that provisions should be made in pursuance of the above mentioned provisions of Section 7 of the Act;\nNow, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf by the Act, or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order and it is hereby ordered as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1950/1193/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T02:20:14.447094+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."
}