Diplomatic Immunities (Conferences with Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act 1961
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1961 c. 11 |
| Year | 1961 |
Diplomatic Immunities (Conferences with Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act, 1961
(9 & 10 Eliz. 2) CHAPTER 11
An Act to provide for conferring certain immunities on representatives of Governments of Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland attending conferences in the United Kingdom and on their staffs.
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 Diplomatic immunities of Commonwealth representatives attending conferences.
(1) Where a conference is held in the United Kingdom and is attended by representatives of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and of the government or governments of one or more countries to which this section applies, the Secretary of State may compile a list of representatives of the last-mentioned government or governments attending the conference and members of their official staffs, and cause that list to be published in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, and every representative of a government to which this section applies who is for the time being included in the list shall, for the purpose of any enactment and rule of law or custom relating to the immunities of an envoy of a foreign Sovereign Power accredited to Her Majesty and of the retinue of such an envoy, be treated as if he were such an envoy and, subject to the provisions of this section, such of the members of his official staff as are for the time being included in the list shall be treated for the purpose aforesaid as if they were his retinue.
(2) Whenever it appears to the Secretary of State that any person ceases or begins to be qualified for inclusion in a list compiled under the foregoing subsection he may amend the list and cause a notice of the amendment or, if he thinks fit, an amended list to be published in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
(3) Every list or notice published under this section in relation to any conference shall include a statement of the date from which the list or amendment takes or took effect; and the fact that any person is or was included or not included at any time among the persons entitled to diplomatic immunities as representatives attending the conference or as members of the official staff of any such...
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