Article 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Zimbabwe (Independence and Membership of the Commonwealth) (Consequential Provisions) Order 1980.

This Order shall be deemed to have come into operation on, and shall have effect from, the 18th day of April 1980, being the day appointed^f1 for the purpose of section 1(1) of the Zimbabwe Act 1979 (therein and hereinafter referred to as “Independence Day”) and on which Zimbabwe became a member of the Commonwealth.