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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1980 No.

FOREIGN COMPENSATION

The Foreign Compensation (People's Republic of China) (Registration) Order 1980

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into Operation

October 1980

1980

1 December 1980

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the day of October 1980

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom contemplate an agreement with the Government of the People's Republic of China providing for the payment of compensation by the latter Government and it is expedient to provide for the registration by the Foreign Compensation Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") of claims to participate in such compensation, and for the making

of reports by the Commission with respect to such claims:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf vested in Her Majesty by section 3 of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950 (a) as amended by section 2 of the Foreign Compensation Act 1969 (b), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

PART I

GENERAL

Citation and Commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Foreign Compensation (People's Republic of China) (Registration) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 1 December 1980.

(a) 1950 c. 12

(b) 1969 c.20