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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-act-1952/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/67",
  "legislation_title": "Visiting Forces Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-act-1952",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Countries to which Act applies.",
  "text": "(1) References in this Act to a country to which a provision of this Act applies are references to—\n(a) Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, . . ., India, Pakistan, . . . Ceylon Ghana, . . . Malaysiathe Republic of Cyprus, . . . Nigeria, . . . Sierra Leone, . . . Tanganyika or JamaicaTrinidad and Tobago, orUganda, orKenya, orZanzibar, orMalawi, orZambia, orMalta, orThe Gambia, orGuyana, orBotswana, orLesotho, orSingapore, orBarbados, orMauritius, orSwaziland, orTonga, orFiji, orthe Bahamas, orBangladesh, orSolomon Islands orTuvalu orDominica orSt. Lucia orKiribati orSt Vincent and the Grenadines orPapua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru, orZimbabwe orthe New Hebrides orBelize orAntigua and Barbuda orSaint Christopher and NevisBrunei or Maldives, orNamibia, oror Cameroon or Mozambique\n(b) any country designated for the purposes of that provision by Order in Council under the next following subsection.\n(2) Where it appears to Her Majesty, as respects any country not mentioned in paragraph (a) of the foregoing subsection, that having regard to(a) any arrangements for common defence ; or\n(b) any other arrangements for defence co-operation,\nto which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of that country are for the time being parties it is expedient that the following provisions of this Act, or any of those provisions, should have effect in relation to that country, Her Majesty may by Order in Council designate that country for the purposes of the provisions in question.\n(3) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that in so far as this Act has effect in relation to any country designated under the last foregoing subsection, it shall have effect subject to such limitations, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Order.\n(4) No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under the last foregoing subsection unless a draft thereof has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(1)(a) inserted (23.3.1995) by 1995 c. 3, s. 1, Sch. para. 5(1)(2)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word inserted (retrospectively: 1.10.1989) by Pakistan Act 1990 (c. 14, SIF 26:30), s. 1, Sch. para. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by Ghana Independence Act 1957 (c. 6), s. 4(4), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957 (c. 60), s. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(1) as construed with Malaysia Act 1963 (c. 35), s. 3(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word repealed by Cyprus Act 1960 (c. 52), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words added by Cyprus Act 1960 (c. 52), s. 3(2), Sch. para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word repealed by Nigeria Independence Act 1960 (c. 55), s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words added by Nigeria Independence Act 1960 (c. 55), s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 6"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Word repealed by Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 (c. 16), s. 3(3), Sch. 3 para. 7"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words added by Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 (c. 16), s. 3(3), Sch. 3 para. 7"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Word repealed by Tanganyika Independence Act 1961 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2 c. 1), s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words substituted by Jamaica Independence Act 1962 (c. 40), s. 3(5)(6), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words added by Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962 (c. 54), s. 3(4)(5), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words added by Uganda Independence Act 1962 (c. 57), s. 3(4)(5), Sch. 3 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words added by Kenya Independence Act 1963 (c. 54), s. 4(4)(5), Sch. 2 para. 6"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words added by Zanzibar Act 1963 (c. 55), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words added by Malawi Independence Act 1964 (c. 46), s. 4(4)(6), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Words added by Zambia Independence Act 1964 (c. 65), s. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Words added by Malta Independence Act 1964 (c. 86), s. 4(4)(7), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Words added by Gambia Independence Act 1964 (c. 93), s. 4(4)(6), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Words added by Guyana Independence Act 1966 (c. 14), s. 5(4)(5), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Words added by Botswana Independence Act 1966 (c. 23), s. 2, Sch. Pt. I para. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Words added by Lesotho Independence Act 1966 (c. 24), s. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I para. 7"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Words added by Singapore Act 1966 (c. 29), s. 1, Sch. para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Words added by Barbados Independence Act 1966 (c. 37), s. 4(5)(6), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Words added by Mauritius Independence Act 1968 (c. 8), s. 4(3)(4), Sch. 2 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Words added by Swaziland Independence Act 1968 (c. 56), s. 2(2), Sch. Pt. I para. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F28",
      "text": "Words added by Tonga Act 1970 (c. 22), s. 1(3), Sch. Pt. I para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F29",
      "text": "Words added by Fiji Independence Act 1970 (c. 50), s. 4(3)(4), Sch. 2 para. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F30",
      "text": "Words added by Bahamas Independence Act 1973 (c. 27), s. 4(3)(4), Sch. 2 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F31",
      "text": "Words added retrospectively by Bangladesh Act 1973 (c. 49), Sch. para. 2"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F32",
      "text": "Words added by Solomon Islands Act 1978 (c. 15, SIF 26:37A), s. 7(4), Sch. para. 3(a)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F33",
      "text": "Words added by Tuvalu Act 1978 (c. 20, SIF 26:44A), s. 4(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F34",
      "text": "Words added by S.I. 1978/1030, Sch. para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F35",
      "text": "Words added by 1978/1899, Sch. para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F36",
      "text": "Words added by Kiribati Act 1979 (c. 27, SIF 26:19A), s. 3(4), Sch. para. 4(a)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F37",
      "text": "Words added by S.I. 1979/917, Sch. para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F38",
      "text": "Words added by Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980 (c. 2, SIF 26:26), s. 3, Sch. para. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F39",
      "text": "Words added by S.I. 1980/701, Sch. para. 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F40",
      "text": "Words added by New Hebrides Act 1980 (c. 16), s. 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 4"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F41",
      "text": "Words added by Belize Act 1981 (c. 52, SIF 26:7A), s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 3(a)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F42",
      "text": "Words added by S.I. 1981/1105, Sch. para. 1"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F43",
      "text": "Words added by S.I. 1983/882, Sch. para. 3"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F44",
      "text": "Words added by Brunei and Maldives Act 1985 (c. 3, SIF 26:9A), s. 1, Sch. para. 6"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F45",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(1)(a) added (retrospective to 21. 3. 1990) by Namibia Act 1991 (c. 4, SIF 26:25A), s. 1, Sch. para. 4 (with s. 2(2))"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F46",
      "text": "S. 1(1)(a): Words inserted (7.1.2003) by 2002 c. 39, ss. 2, 4(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(1)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F47",
      "text": "Word in s. 1(2) inserted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, s. 33(a); S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F48",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(2)(b) substituted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, s. 33(b); S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2"
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