{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-overseas-territories-order-1979/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-overseas-territories-order-1979/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/458",
  "legislation_title": "The State Immunity (Overseas Territories) Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-overseas-territories-order-1979",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order extends to the dependent territories specified in Schedule 1 the provisions of the State Immunity Act 1978, with minor adaptations set out in Schedule 2. This will enable effect to be given to the provisions of the European Convention on State Immunity (Cmnd. 5081), the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules concerning the Immunity of State-owned Ships (Cmd. 5672) and the Supplementary Protocol thereto (Cmd. 5673).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/458/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:19:15.590990+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."
}