{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-designation-order-2013/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-designation-order-2013/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/540",
  "legislation_title": "The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/visiting-forces-designation-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Defence\nMade 13th March 2013\nComing into force in relation to each country specified in article 4 on the date determined in accordance with article 2\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of March 2013\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nIt appears to Her Majesty that, having regard to the arrangements for defence co-operation to which the United Kingdom and the governments of the countries specified in article 4 of this Order are parties, section 9A of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (“the 1952 Act”) should have effect in relation to those countries:\nAccordingly, Her Majesty, on the advice of Her Privy Council and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(2) and 15(2) of the 1952 Act, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1952 c. 67; section 9A was inserted by section 25 of the Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 1(2) was amended by section 33 of the Armed Forces Act 1996 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/540/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:01:35.257744+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."
}