1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Landmines Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1999.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Date Made

Date made: 23 February 1999: (no specific commencement provision).

2 Appointed day

2Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into force of the Landmines Act 1998 is 1st March 1999.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Date Made

Date made: 23 February 1999: (no specific commencement provision).

Signature

Robin Cook

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

23rd February 1999

EXPLANATORY NOTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the Landmines Act 1998 (“the Act”) on 1st March 1999.

The Act gives effect to the provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (“the Convention”), opened for signature at Ottawa on 3rd and 4th December 1997.

The United Kingdom deposited its instrument of ratification of the Convention on 31st July 1998 and will therefore become a party to it when, in accordance with Article 17 thereof, it enters into force on 1st March 1999.

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