Statutory Instruments
ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
Made
23rd July 1976
Laid before Parliament
2nd August 1976
Coming into Operation
On a day to be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes
At the Court of Saint James, the 23rd day of July 1976
Present,
The Counsellors of State in Council
Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 29th day of June 1976, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them 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:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Act or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. This Order provides for the application of sections 1 and 2 of the People's Republic) Order 1976 and shall come into operation on the day on which the Convention enters into force, which day shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
2. Sections 1 and 2 of the Act shall apply to the Mongolian People's Republic.
N. E. Leigh
This Order provides for the application of sections 1 and 2 of the Consular Conventions Act 1949 to the Mongolian People's Republic and enables Her Majesty to give effect to the provisions relating to administration of estates in the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and the Mongolian People's Republic which was signed at London on 21 November 1975.
The purport of sections 1 and 2 of the Act is stated in the preamble to this Order. Section 1 relates to England and, with the modifications contained in section 7 of the Act, to Northern Ireland; section 2 relates to Scotland.
Cmnd. 6299.