The International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) Order 1965 (“the 1965 Order”) by substituting a new Schedule to that Order. The Schedule to the 1965 Order lists those headquarters which are designated for the purposed of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964. Part I of the Schedule lists those headquarters which also benefit from the privileges and immunities conferred by article 3 (inviolability of archives), article 4 (legal capacity) and article 5 (immunity from legal process) of the 1965 Order. Those headquarters listed in Part II only benefit from article 3 (inviolability of archives).

To reflect the changes to the NATO command structure, certain headquarters are removed from Part II of the Schedule to the 1965 Order, namely:

Headquarters Allied Forces North Western Europe (AFNORTHWEST);

Headquarters Allied Air Forces North Western Europe (AIRNORTHWEST);

Headquarters Allied Maritime Air Forces North West (MARAIRNORTHWEST);

Headquarters Submarine Forces North West (SUBNORTHWEST);

Headquarters Allied Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (EASTLANT);

Headquarters Maritime Air Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (MARAIREASTLANT); and

Headquarters Submarine Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (SUBEASTLANT).

Three headquarters remain in Parts I and II, but are renamed:

Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) as Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT);

Headquarters Allied Naval Forces North Western Europe (NAVNORTHWEST) as Maritime Component Command Headquarters Northwood (CC-MAR HQ NORTHWOOD); and

NATO Airborne Early Warning Force Headquarters and the NATO E-3A Component as NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force (NAEW&CF).

Two headquarters remain unchanged:

Headquarters United Kingdom – Netherlands Amphibious Force (UKNLAF); and

Headquarters United Kingdom – Netherlands Landing Force (UKNLLF).

Four headquarters are new, having been set up since the last amendment to the 1965 Order:

Commander Submarines Allied Naval Forces North (COMSUBNORTH);

NATO Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff (NATO JEWCS);

The European Air Group (EAG); and

The Intelligence Fusion Centre (IFC).

Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) is due to relocate to the United Kingdom in 2010.