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The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2024

S.I. 2024/188 · Made 21 February 2024

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Defence

Made 21st February 2024

Coming into force 22nd February 2024

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of February 2024

Present,

The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

It appears to His Majesty that, having regard to the agreement for defence co-operation to which the United Kingdom and Senegal are parties, the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952f1 (“the 1952 Act”) following section 1 should have effect in relation to Senegal:

Accordingly, His Majesty, on the advice of His Privy Council and in exercise of the powers conferred on Him by sections 1(2) and 15(2) of the 1952 Act, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1952 c. 67; section 1(2) was amended by section 33 of the Armed Forces Act 1996 c. 46.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 2024 and shall come in to force on 22nd February 2024.

2

Senegal is hereby designated for the purposes of the 1952 Act.

3

This Order shall not extend to any of the territories specified in section 15(3) of the 1952 Act.

Signature

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The United Kingdom and Senegal have concluded a Defence Cooperation Treaty, which was signed on 4 December 2023.

The development of the defence relationships with Senegal means that the arrangements now require reciprocal concurrent jurisdictional provision. In order to effect those provisions, it is necessary to designate Senegal as a countries to which the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies.