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This Order designates Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Ireland, Jordan, Montenegro, Serbia and Tajikistan as countries to which the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies.
In relation to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Ireland, Montenegro, Serbia and Tajikistan, this Order partially implements the obligations imposed on the United Kingdom by the Agreement, dated 19th June 1995, made between the Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and those other States which have accepted the invitation to take part in the Partnership for Peace. The effect of this Order, together with the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1997 and the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1998, is to designate as countries to which the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies, all those States which have accepted the invitation of NATO to take part in the Partnership for Peace and which are parties to the agreement of 19th June 1995.
In relation to Ireland, this Order also partially implements the obligations imposed on the United Kingdom by the European Union Status of Forces Agreement (also known as the EU SOFA) dated 17th November 2003, made between the Member States of the European Union. The EU SOFA establishes the status of certain military and civilian personnel of the EU Member States. EU Member States other than Ireland have already had the provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applied to them by designation Orders made under section 1(2) of that Act, the details of which are set out in the following paragraph.
The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1954 (S.I. 1954/634) designated Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1956 (S.I. 1956/2041) designated Denmark, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg and Portugal. The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1961 (S.I. 1961/1511) designated Germany. The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1329) designated Spain. The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1779) designated Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden. The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1268) designated Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Additionally the Republic of Cyprus and Malta were designated under section 1(1) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952.
This Order also implements defence co-operation arrangements that the United Kingdom has concluded with Jordan in a memorandum of understanding signed on 8th January 2008.
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