International Tin Council (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1972/120 |
| Year | 1972 |
1972 No. 120
DIPLOMATIC AND INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES
The International Tin Council (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1972
Made 4th February 1972
Coming into Operation
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 4th day of February 1972
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 10 of the International Organisations Act 1968 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 1 and 12(6) of the Act or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
PART I
GENERAL
Citation and Entry into Force
1. This Order may be cited as the International Tin Council (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1972. It shall come into operation on the date on which the Headquarters Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the International Tin Council1enters into force. This date shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
Interpretation
2.—(1) For the purposes of this Order, the official activities of the International Tin Council shall include its administrative activities and those undertaken pursuant to the Fourth International Tin Agreement2or any succeeding agreement.
(2) In this Order “” means
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament, and as if this Order and the Order hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.
Revocation
3. The International Tin Council (Immunities and Privileges) Order 19613is hereby revoked.
PART II
THE COUNCIL
4. The International Tin Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) is an organisation of which Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the governments of foreign sovereign Powers are members.
The Council shall have the legal capacities of a body corporate.
5. The Council shall have the legal capacities of a body corporate.
6.—(1) The Council shall have immunity from suit and legal process except:
(a)
(a) to the extent that the Council shall have expressly waived such immunity in a particular case;
(b)
(b) in respect of a civil action by a third party for damage arising from an accident caused by a motor vehicle belonging to or operated on behalf of the Council, or in respect of a motor traffic offence involving such a vehicle; and
(c)
(c) in respect of the enforcement of an arbitration award made under Article 23 or Article 24 of the Headquarters Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the International Tin Council.
(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not prevent the taking of such measures as may be permitted by law in relation to the property and assets of the Council in so far as they may be temporarily necessary in connection with the prevention of, and investigation into, accidents involving motor vehicles belonging to, or operated on behalf of, the Council.
7.—(1) The Council shall have the like inviolability of official archives as in accordance with the 1961 Convention Articles is accorded in respect of the official archives of a diplomatic mission.
(2) The Council shall have the like inviolability of premises as in accordance with the 1961 Convention Articles is accorded in respect of the premises of a diplomatic mission;
8. Within the scope of its official activities, the Council shall have the like exemption or relief from taxes, other than customs duties and taxes on the importation of goods, as is accorded to a foreign sovereign Power.
9. The Council shall have the like relief from rates on its official premises as in accordance with Article 23 of the 1961 Convention Articles is accorded in respect of the premises of a diplomatic mission.
10. The Council shall have exemption from customs duties and taxes on the importation of goods imported by the Council and necessary for the exercise of its official activities, or on the importation of any publications of the Council imported by it, such exemption to be subject to compliance with such conditions as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may prescribe for the protection of the Revenue.
11. The Council shall have exemption from prohibitions and restrictions on importation or exportation in the case of goods imported or exported by the Council and necessary for the exercise of its official activities and in the case of any publications of the Council imported or exported by it.
12. The Council shall have relief, under...
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