[9A Claims against visiting forces: transfer of liability]
Visiting Forces Act 1952 (1952 c 67) | Legislation

[9A  Claims against visiting forces: transfer of liability]

[(1)     This section applies where a claim is brought in a court in the United Kingdom against a country to which this section applies (“the country concerned”) and the claim is within subsection (2).

(2)     A claim is within this subsection if—

(a)     it is a claim in tort;

(b)     it arises—

(i)     out of an act done by a member of a visiting force of the country concerned, or of a civilian component of such a force, in the performance of official duties; or

(ii)     out of any other

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