Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act 1952
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1952 c. 18 |
| Year | 1952 |
Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act, 1952.
(15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2) CHAPTER 18
An Act to confer certain immunities on the representatives in the United Kingdom of Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland, and of the states and provinces of any of those countries, and on members of the staffs of such representatives, and on the families of such representatives and of members of their staffs, and on other persons in the service of the governments of those countries; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[27th March 1952]
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 Immunities of representatives of Commonwealth countries and Republic of Ireland and certain other persons.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section—
(a ) a person for the time being recognised by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom as the chief representative in the United Kingdom of any country to which this section applies, whether he is known by the title of High Commissioner for that country or by any other title, (in this section referred to as ‘a chief representative’), shall be entitled to the like immunity from suit and legal process, and the like inviolability of residence, official premises and official archives as are accorded to the envoy of a foreign sovereign Power accredited to Her Majesty;
(b ) such members of the official staff of a chief representative as are performing duties substantially corresponding to those performed by members of the official staff of an envoy of a foreign sovereign Power shall be entitled to the like immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to members of the official staff of such an envoy;
(c ) members of the family of a chief representative or of a member of the official staff of a chief representative entitled to immunity under the last preceding paragraph shall be entitled to immunity from suit and legal process to the like extent as members of the family of such an envoy or, as the case may be, of a member of the official staff of such an envoy; and
(d ) members of the domestic staff of a chief representative shall be entitled to the like immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to members of the domestic staff of such an envoy:
Provided that a person who is a member of the official or domestic staff of the chief representative of any country, and is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and is not a citizen of that country, shall not be entitled under this subsection to immunity from suit and legal process, except in respect of things done or omitted to be done in the course of the performance of his duties, and the members of his family shall not, as...
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