Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1966 c. 10 |
| Year | 1966 |
(1) The Commonwealth Secretariat shall have the legal capacity of a body corporate.(2) The Commonwealth Secretariat shall have the privileges and immunities conferred by Part I of the Schedule to this Act, the officers and servants of the Secretariat and members of their familiesF11 and the President and members of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal shall have the privileges and immunities conferred by Part II of that Schedule and the supplementary provisions in Part III of that Schedule shall have effect for the purposes of the said Parts I and II.(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(5) In this Act “the Commonwealth Secretariat” means the Commonwealth Secretariat established at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Meeting of June 1965.(1) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966.(2) This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st July 1965, but not so as to affect any cause of action arising, or liability to criminal proceedings incurred, before the passing of this Act.in respect of a civil action for damage alleged to have been caused by a motor vehicle belonging to, or operated on behalf of the Secretariat or in respect of a motor traffic offence involving such a vehicle; ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The foregoing sub-paragraph shall not be construed as authorising the enforcement of any judgment or arbitration award by execution on the premises or official archives of the Secretariat.(2) The Commonwealth Secretariat shall have the like inviolability of premises, official archives and communications as is accorded by law in respect of the premises, official archives and communications of the mission of a sending State.(3) The Commonwealth Secretariat shall be exempt from income tax and the capital gains tax and shall have the like exemption from F1the general rate F1any non-domestic rate as is accorded by law in respect of the premises of the mission of a sending State.(4) The Commonwealth Secretariat shall be exempt from duties on the importation of goods necessary for the official use of the Secretariat and directly imported by it, subject, however, to compliance with such conditions as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may prescribe.Every senior officer of the Commonwealth Secretariat, who is a citizen of a country mentioned in F2Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981 , and any member of his family forming part of his household, other than a member who is a citizen only of the United Kingdom and Colonies, shall, if permanently resident outside the United Kingdom, have the like privileges and immunities as are accorded by law to a diplomatic agent and the members of his family forming part of his household, .... In accordance with the foregoing sub-paragraph, service as a senior officer falling within that sub-paragraph shall not be treated as employment in respect of which F3contributions or premiums are payable under the enactments relating to . . . . . . social security, but the foregoing provision shall not be construed as rendering a person liable to any contribution or premium which he would not be required to pay if service as aforesaid were not so treated. With effect from the relevant day, the officers and servants of the Commonwealth Secretariat are exempt from income tax in respect of the salaries and emoluments received by them in that capacity.The relevant day is the day specified by the Secretary of State as the day from which the officers and servants of the Commonwealth Secretariat become subject to internal income tax imposed by the Secretariat for
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