Article 1

This Order may be cited as the INTELSAT (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1979. It shall come into operation on the date on which the Protocol on INTELSAT Privileges, Exemptions and Immunities^f1, opened for signature at Washington on 19th May 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the Protocol) enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom. That date shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.