The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2018/178 |
2018 No. 178
International Immunities And Privileges, England And Wales
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018
Made 8th February 2018
Laid before Parliament 15th February 2018
Coming into force 9th March 2018
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of February 2018
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is to be held in the United Kingdom beginning on 16th April 2018 and is to be attended by representatives of the United Kingdom and of other sovereign Powers:
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 6 of the International Organisations Act 19681, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018 and comes into force on 9th March 2018.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.
Immunities conferred on specified persons
2.—(1) For the purposes of this Order, a person is specified as a representative of a sovereign Power (other than the United Kingdom) at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting beginning on 16th April 2018 if that person is notified to the Secretary of State by the sovereign Power concerned as a member of its delegation having ministerial or other high official rank, and that person is accepted as such by the Secretary of State.
(2) A person specified in paragraph (1) shall enjoy, while exercising their functions as a representative and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, the like immunity from suit and legal process, including immunity from personal arrest or detention, and the like inviolability of personal baggage as are accorded to the head of a diplomatic mission under the Diplomatic Privileges Act 19642.
(3) Paragraph (2)—
(a)
(a) does not apply in so far as any immunity or privilege is waived by the Government of a sovereign Power in respect of a representative, and
(b)
(b) is without prejudice to any immunity or privilege to which a representative may otherwise be entitled.
(4) Neither paragraph (2) above nor section 6(3) of the International Organisations Act 1968 shall operate so as to confer any immunity or privilege on any person who is—
(a)
(a) a...
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