The Foreign Compensation (Czechoslovakia) Order 1982

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of July 1982

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas Her Majesty is authorised to make provision by Order in Council under section 3 of the Foreign Compensation Act 19501 for the determination by the Foreign Compensation Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”) of claims to participate in compensation received under an agreement with the government of any other country, and for the distribution by the Commission of such compensation:

And Whereas an Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”) entered into between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on 29th January 19822 provides that the Czechoslovak Government shall pay to the United Kingdom Government the net sum of £24,266,619 in full and final settlement of the claims mentioned in Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, and Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom intends to pay part of the said sum to the Commission for distribution:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf vested in Her Majesty by section 3, as well as by sections 4(1) and 7(1), of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—