The Consular Conventions (Kingdom of Denmark) Order 1963

Statutory Instruments

1963 No. 370

CONSULAR RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES POWERS OF ENTRY IN RELATION TO CONSULAR OFFICES

The Consular Conventions (Kingdom of Denmark) Order 1963

Made

27th February 1963

Laid before Parliament

5th March 1963

Coming into Operation

23rd March 1963

At the Court of Saint James, the 27th day of February 1963

Present,

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester

Lord President Mr. Powell

Mr. Vosper Mr. Macpherson

Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the twenty-second day of January, 1963, to delegate to the following Counsellors of State (subject to the exceptions hereinafter mentioned) or any two or more of them, that is to say. His Royal Highness The Prince Philip. Duke of Edinburgh, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, His Royal Highness Prince William of Gloucester and His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:

And Whereas Her Majesty was further pleased to except from the number of the said Counsellors of State His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, His Royal Highness Prince William of Gloucester and His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent while absent from the United Kingdom;

And 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 one and two or Section four of the Act (which provide for the exercise by consular officers of certain powers in relation to the property of deceased persons, and for the restriction of the powers of entry in relation to consular offices) 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 a Consular Convention (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”) between Her Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and His Majesty the King of Denmark was signed at Copenhagen on the 27th day of June 1962 which provides for matters for which provision is made in the said Sections one and two and Section four, and which enters into force on the thirtieth day after the date of exchange of instruments of ratification;

And Whereas instruments of ratification were exchanged on the 21st day of February 1963;

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Act or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, do hereby, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.  Sections one and two and Section four of the Act shall apply to the Kingdom of Denmark.

2.  This Order may be cited as the Consular Conventions (Kingdom of Denmark) Order 1963. It shall come into operation on the 23rd day of March 1963.

E. N. Landale

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order in Council provides for the application of Sections one, two and four of the Consular Conventions Act 1949 to Denmark and thus enables Her Majesty to give effect to the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Denmark which was signed at Copenhagen on the 27th of June 1962 (Cmnd. 1843).

The purport of Sections one, two and four of the Act is stated in the preamble to this Order. Sections one and four relate to England and, with the modifications contained in Section seven of the Act, to Northern Ireland; Sections two and four relate to Scotland.