{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-designation-order-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-designation-order-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1779",
  "legislation_title": "The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-designation-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEFENCE\nMade 22nd July 1997\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of July 1997\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas it appears to Her Majesty that, having regard to the arrangements for defence co-operation to which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the governments of the countries specified in Article 2 of this Order are parties, it is expedient that the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (“the 1952 Act”) following section 1 should have effect in relation to each of those countries:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers conferred on Her by sections 1(2) and 15(2) of the 1952 Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 67; section 1(2) was amended by section 33 of the Armed Forces Act 1996 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1779/introduction",
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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."
}