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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-atlantic-treaty-organisation-immunities-and-privileges-order-1974/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/1257",
  "legislation_title": "The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-atlantic-treaty-organisation-immunities-and-privileges-order-1974",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Order\n“the Organisation” means the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation consisting of the Council and its subsidiary bodies;\n“the Council” means the Council established under Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty and the Council Deputies;\n“subsidiary bodies” means any organ, committee or service established by the Council or under its authority, except any military headquarters established in pursuance of the North Atlantic Treaty or any other military bodies to which the Agreement on the Status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, National Representatives and International Staff does not apply;\n“Chairman of the Council” includes, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman acting for him;\n“the 1961 Convention Articles” means the Articles (being certain Articles of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961) which are set out in Schedule 1 to the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964.\n(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament, and as if this Order and the Order hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cmd. 7789."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cmd. 9383."
    }
  ],
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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."
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