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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-headquarters-and-defence-organisations-act-1964/schedule/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/5",
  "legislation_title": "International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-headquarters-and-defence-organisations-act-1964",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 as adapted by this Schedule—\n(a) a certificate issued by or on behalf of an authority appointed by a headquarters for the purposes of paragraph 2 of this Schedule stating that at a time specified in the certificate a person so specified either was or was not a military or civilian member of that headquarters and, if he was, belonged to any country so specified;\n(b) a certificate so issued stating that an alleged offence, if committed by a person so specified, arose out of and in the course of his duty as a member of that headquarters;\nshall be sufficient evidence of the fact so stated unless the contrary is proved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1952 c. 67."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/5/schedule/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:00:02.758932+00:00"
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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."
}