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United Nations Personnel Act 1997

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 21 Cited in Amendments 70 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1997 c. 13
Year1997
(1) If a person does outside the United Kingdom any act to or in relation to a UN worker which, if he had done it in any part of the United Kingdom, would have made him guilty of any of the offences mentioned in subsection (2) , he shall in that part of the United Kingdom be guilty of that offence.murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide, rape, assault causing injury, kidnapping, abduction and false imprisonment;an offence under section 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 or 47 of the Offences against the an offence under section 2 of the (1) If a person does outside the United Kingdom any act, in connection with an attack on relevant premises or on a vehicle ordinarily used by a UN worker which is made when a UN worker is on or in the premises or vehicle, which, if he had done it in any part of the United Kingdom, would have made him guilty of any of the offences mentioned in subsection (2) , he shall in that part of the United Kingdom be guilty of that offence.an offence under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883;an offence under section 1 of the an offence under article 3 of the wilful fire-raising.(3) In this section—
  • “relevant premises” means premises at which a UN worker resides or is staying or which a UN worker uses for the purpose of carrying out his functions as such a worker; and
  • “vehicle” includes any means of conveyance.
(1) If a person in the United Kingdom or elsewhere contravenes subsection (2) he shall be guilty of an offence.an offence mentioned in section 1(2) against a UN worker, oran offence mentioned in subsection (2) of section 2 in connection with such an attack as is mentioned in subsection (1) of that section, andintends that the person to whom he makes the threat shall fear that it will be carried out.not exceeding ten years, andnot exceeding the term of imprisonment to which a person would be liable for the offence constituted by doing the act threatened at the place where the conviction occurs and at the time of the offence to which the conviction relates.he is engaged or deployed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as a member of the military, police or civilian component of a UN operation,he is, in his capacity as an official or expert on mission of the United Nations, a specialised agency of the United Nations or the International Atomic Energy Agency, present in an area where a UN operation is being conducted,he is assigned, with the agreement of an organ of the United Nations, by the Government of any State or by an international governmental organisation to carry out activities in support of the fulfilment of the mandate of a UN operation,he is engaged by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, a specialised agency or the International Atomic Energy Agency to carry out such activities, orhe is deployed by a humanitarian non-governmental organisation or agency under an agreement with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, with a specialised agency or with the International Atomic Energy Agency to carry out such activities.which is established, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, by an organ of the United Nations,which is conducted under the authority and control of the United Nations, andhas as its purpose F7a purpose mentioned in subsection (2A) , orhas, for the purposes of the Convention, been declared by the Security Council or the General Assembly of the United Nations to be an operation where there exists an exceptional risk to the safety of the participating personnel.maintaining or restoring international peace and security;delivering humanitarian, political or development assistance in peacebuilding;delivering emergency humanitarian assistance.which is authorised by the Security Council of the United Nations as an enforcement action under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,in which UN workers are engaged as combatants against organised armed forces, andto which the law of international armed conflict applies.(3A) (4) In this section—
  • “the Convention” means the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9th December 1994;
  • F8“the Optional Protocol” means the Optional Protocol to the Convention adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 2005; and

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