1. The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order, 1954, shall extend to each of the territories mentioned in the Schedule to this Order:

Provided that for the purposes of its extension to any of those territories the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order, 1954, shall have effect as if-

(a)in section 1 thereof for the words "Each of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order" there were substituted the words "The United States of America" ;

(b)the Schedule thereto was omitted; and

(c)the reference in section 1 thereof to the Visiting Forces Act, 1952, was a reference to that Act as it extends to that territory by virtue of the Visiting Forces Act (Application to Colonies) Order, 1954(2).

2.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Visiting Forces (Designation) (Colonies) Order, 1954, and shall come into operation on the twelfth day of June, 1954.

(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply for the purpose of interpreting this Order as it applies for the purpose of interpreting an Act of Parliament.

SCHEDULE

• Cyprus.

• Hong Kong.

• Malta.

(Reference in this Schedule to any territory of which there are dependencies shall be construed as including a reference to such dependencies).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 1 (1) of the Visiting Forces Act, 1952, provides that references in the Act to a country to which a provision of the Act applies are references to Commonwealth countries and to any country designated for the purposes of that provision by Order in Council. The Visiting Forces (Designation) Order, 1954, designates certain countries including the United States of America. The purpose of this Order is to extend to certain Colonial territories the provisions of the Visiting Forces (Designation) Order, 1954, in so far as those provisions relate to the United States of America.