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1976 No. 1216

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

The Consular Conventions (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) Order 1976

Made

30th July 1976

Laid before Parliament

9th August 1976

Coming into Operation

On a date to be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of July 1976

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas by section 6(1) of the Consular Conventions Act 1949 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") it is enacted that Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that sections 1 and 2 of the Act (which provide for the exercise by consular officers of certain powers in relation to the property of deceased persons) shall apply to any foreign State specified in the Order, being a State with which a Consular Convention providing for matters for which provision is made by those sections has been concluded by Her Majesty:

And whereas such a Consular Convention between Her Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was signed at Prague on the 3rd of April 1975(1) (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") and will enter into force on the thirtieth day after the exchange of instruments of ratification.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf by the Act or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Consular Conventions (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) Order 1976 and shall come into operation on the day on which the Convention enters into force, which day shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.

2. Sections 1 and 2 of the Act shall apply to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

N.E. Leigh

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides for the application of sections 1 and 2 of the Consular Conventions Act 1949 to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and enables Her Majesty to give effect to the provisions relating to administration of estates in the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic which was signed at Prague on 3rd April 1975.

The purport of sections 1 and 2 of the Act is stated in the preamble to this Order. Section 1 relates to England and, with the modifications contained in section 7 of the Act, to Northern Ireland; section 2 relates to Scotland.

(1)

Cmnd. 6096.

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