1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on the day after the day on which it is made.

2. The treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order is to be regarded as a Community Treaty as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

SCHEDULE

Headquarters Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (Cmnd. 9488).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order declares the Headquarters Agreement between the United Kingdom Government and the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (Cmnd. 9488) to be a Community Treaty as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. The Agreement sets out the privileges and immunities of the Organization, which is based in Edinburgh. The principal effect of declaring the Agreement to be a Community Treaty as so defined is to bring into play, in relation to it, the provisions of section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 which provides for the implementation of Treaties so specified.