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The Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Designation of Countries) Order 1990

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Statutory Instruments

1990 No. 1272

PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM

The Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Designation of Countries) Order 1990

Made

19th June 1990

Laid before Parliament

27th June 1990

Coming into force

1st August 1990

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978(1), I hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (Designation of Countries) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st August 1990.

2.  Finland and Greece are hereby designated as parties to the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism signed at Strasbourg on 27th January 1977.

David Waddington

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

19th June 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates Finland and Greece for the purposes of the Suppresssion of Terrorism Act 1978 so that they become convention countries within the meaning of the Act.

The two countries are parties to the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism. The following countries have now been designated for the purposes of the Act: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany (and Berlin (West)), Finland,France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. In addition the 1978 Act has been applied to the United States of America by the Suppression of TerrorismAct 1978 (Application of Provisions) (United States of America) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/2146).

By virtue of article 1, this Order comes into force on 1st August 1990.

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