Diplomatic and other Privileges Act 1971
| Year | 1971 |
Diplomatic and otherPrivileges Act 1971
1971 CHAPTER 64
An Act to make further provision with respect to diplomatic and related privileges.
[27th July 1971]
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:—
1 Refund of customs duty on hydrocarbon oil used for diplomatic or Commonwealth Secretariat purposes.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commissioners of Customs and Excise shall make arrangements for securing the refund of customs duty paid on any hydrocarbon oil (within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil (Customs and Excise) Act 1971 ) which is—
(a ) bought in the United Kingdom; and
(b ) used for such a purpose that, had it been imported for that use, exemption from customs duty thereon would have been required to be granted by virtue of—
(ii) section 7 of the said Act of 1964; or
but the Commissioners shall not make any payment by virtue of this subsection before such date as may be specified by directions of the Treasury.
(2) Any arrangements made under this section may impose conditions subject to which any refund is to be made.
(3) Section 3(1) of the said Act of 1964 (which relates to the withdrawal of privileges and immunities conferred by that Act) shall have effect as if the reference therein to that Act included a reference to this section.
(4) Any amount refunded under arrangements made under this section shall be defrayed out of the moneys standing to the credit of the General Account of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
2 Power to grant privileges etc. in case of Caribbean Development Bank.
2. Section 1 of the International Organisations Act 1968shall apply to the Caribbean Development Bank established in pursuance of the agreement for that purpose signed for the United Kingdom at Kingston, Jamaica on the 18th October 1969 as it applies to such an organisation as is mentioned in subsection (1) of that section.
3 Exemption from vehicle excise duty of senior officers of U.N. agencies.
3. Section 2 of the International Organisations Act 1968 (which enables certain exemptions, privileges and reliefs specified in section 2(2) to be conferred on senior...
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