European Free Trade Association (Immunities and Privileges) Order, 1961
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1961/1000 |
| Year | 1961 |
1961 No. 1000
DIPLOMATIC AND INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES
AND PRIVILEGES
The European Free Trade Association (Immunities and Privileges) Order, 196126thMay 1961
on a date to be notified in the London Gazette
ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER
PART I THE ASSOCIATION
PART II REPRESENTATIVES
PART III OFFICERS
PART IV EXPERTS ON MISSIONS
PART V GENERAL
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of May, 1961
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section six of the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act, 1950(a) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), and an address has been presented to Her Majesty by each House of Parliament praying that an Order may be made in the terms of the said draft:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on Her by 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
THE ASSOCIATION
1. The European Free Trade Association (hereinafter referred to as the Association) is an organisation of which the United Kingdom and foreign sovereign Powers are members.
(a) 14 Geo. 6. c. 14.
2. The Association shall have the legal capacities of a body corporate and, except in so far as in any particular case it has expressly waived its immunity, immunity from suit and legal process. No waiver of immunity shall be deemed to extend to any measure of execution.
3. The Association shall have the like inviolability of official archives and premises occupied as offices as is accorded in respect of the official archives and premises of an envoy of a foreign sovereign Power accredited to Her Majesty.
4. The Association shall have the like exemption or relief from taxes and rates, other than taxes on the importation of goods, as is accorded to a foreign sovereign Power.
5. The Association shall have exemption from taxes on the importation of goods directly imported by the Association for its official use in the United Kingdom or for exportation, or on the importation of any publications of the Association directly 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.
6. The Association shall have exemption from prohibitions and restrictions on importation or...
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