Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1968
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1968/1862 |
| Year | 1968 |
1968 No. 1862
DIPLOMATIC AND INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES
AND PRIVILEGES
The Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 196822ndNovember 1968
On a date to be notified in the London Gazette*
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of November 1968
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(a) (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, 2 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
THE ORGANISATION
1. The Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (hereinafter referred to as the Organisation) is an Organisation of which the United Kingdom and foreign sovereign Powers are members.
2. The Organisation 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 Organisation shall have the like inviolability of official archives and premises as, in accordance with the 1961 Convention Articles, is accorded in respect of the official archives and premises of a diplomatic mission.
4. The Organisation 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.
(a) 1968 c. 48.
*Date notified 28.11.68
5. The Organisation shall have the like relief from rates as in accordance with Article 23 of the 1961 Convention Articles is accorded in respect of the premises of a diplomatic mission.
6. The Organisation shall have exemption from customs duties and taxes on the importation of goods imported by the Organisation for its official use in the United Kingdom, or on the importation of any publications of the Organisation 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.
7. The Organisation shall have exemption from prohibitions and restrictions on importation or exportation in the case of goods imported or exported by the Organisation for its official use and in the case of any publications of the Organisation imported or exported by it.
8. The Organisation shall have relief, under arrangements made either by the Secretary of State or by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, by way of refund of customs duty paid on any hydrocarbon oils (within the meaning of the Customs and Excise Act 1952(a)) which are bought in the United Kingdom and used for the official purposes of the Organisation, such relief to be subject to compliance with such conditions as may be imposed in accordance with the arrangements.
9. The Organisation shall have relief, under arrangements made by the Secretary of State, by way of refund of purchase tax paid on any goods which are used for the official purposes of the Organisation, such relief to be subject to compliance with such conditions as may be imposed in accordance with the arrangements.
PART II
REPRESENTATIVES
10.—(1) Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Government of the member whom they represent, representatives of members of the Organisation on any of its organs at meetings convened by it shall enjoy:—
(a) in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done or omitted to be done by them in their official capacity, the like immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to the head of a diplomatic mission;
(b) while exercising their functions and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, the like immunity from personal arrest or detention and the like inviolability for all papers...
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