South Africa Act 1995



South Africa Act 1995

1995 CHAPTER 3

An Act to make provision in connection with the re-admission of South Africa as a member of the Common wealth.

[23rd March 1995]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

S-1 Provisions relating to South Africa.

1 Provisions relating to South Africa.

1. The provisions in the Schedule to this Act, which are made in connection with the re-admission of South Africa as a member of the Commonwealth, shall have effect.

S-2 Short title.

2 Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as theSouth Africa Act 1995.

S C H E D U L E

PROVISIONS RELATING TO SOUTH AFRICA.

Commonwealth Institute

Commonwealth Institute

SCH-1.1

1. In section 8(2) of the Imperial Institute Act 1925,as amended by the Commonwealth Institute Act 1958(power to vary the provisions of the Act of 1925), after the words ‘New Zealand,’ there shall be inserted the words ‘South Africa,’.

Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museum

SCH-1.2

2.

(1) In the Schedule to the Imperial War Museum Act 1920

(a) for the words ‘twenty other members’ there shall be substituted the words ‘twenty-one other members’; and

(b) in the first and second columns of the table after the entries relating to the Government of New Zealand there shall be inserted ‘1’ and ‘The Government of South Africa’ respectively.

(2) The above amendments are without prejudice to the power to vary the said paragraph (1) conferred by section 1 of the Imperial War Museum Act 1955.

The Services

The Services

SCH-1.3

3. In the definition of ‘Commonwealth force’ in sections 225(1) of the Army Act 1955and 223(1) of the Air Force Act 1955(interpretation) and in the definition of ‘Commonwealth country’ in section 135(1) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957(interpretation), after the words ‘New Zealand,’ there shall be inserted the words ‘South Africa,’.

Visiting forces

Visiting forces

SCH-1.4

4. In the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933,section 4 (attachment of personnel and mutual powers of command) shall apply in relation to forces raised in South Africa as it applies to forces raised in Dominions within the meaning of the Statute of Westminster 1931.

SCH-1.5

5.

(1) In section 1(1)(a) of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (countries to which Act applies), after the words ‘New Zealand,’ there shall be inserted the words...

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