The G7 Presidency (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2021/521 |
| Year | 2021 |
2021 No. 521
International Immunities And Privileges, England And Wales
The G7 Presidency (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021
Made 28th April 2021
Laid before Parliament 29th April 2021
Coming into force 30th April 2021
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 28th day of April 2021
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the G7 Leaders’ Summit and G7 ministerial meetings in accordance with the United Kingdom’s G7 Presidency are due to take place in the United Kingdom commencing on 3rd May 2021 and are to be attended by representatives of the United Kingdom and of other sovereign Powers.
Her Majesty and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 6 of the International Organisations Act 19681is 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 G7 Presidency (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021 and comes into force on 30th April 2021.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“G7 Summit” means the meeting due to take place as part of the United Kingdom’s G7 Presidency on 11th to 13th June 2021 in England.
Immunities conferred on specified persons
3.—(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 G7 Summit or the G7 ministerial meetings or both if that person is notified to the Secretary of State by the sovereign Power concerned as 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 representatives and during their journeys to and from the place of the G7 Summit or the G7 ministerial meetings, or as the case may be both, the like immunity from suit and legal process, including from 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,
(b)
(b) does not apply in relation to a civil action brought against a representative by a third party for damages...
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