S.I. No. 380/1974 - International Cocoa Organisation (Designation) Order, 1974.

S.I. No. 380 of 1974.

INTERNATIONAL COCOA ORGANISATION (DESIGNATION) ORDER, 1974.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 40 (1) of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967 (No. 8 of 1976), that the Government may by order designate an international organisation of which the State or the Government is or intends to become a member to be an organisation to which Part VIII of that Act applies:

AND WHEREAS the International Cocoa Organisation is an organisation such as aforesaid:

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 40 of the said Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967 , hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the International Cocoa Organisation (Designation) Order, 1974.

2. The International Cocoa Organisation established by the International Cocoa Agreement adopted at Geneva on the 20th day of October, 1972, is hereby designated as an organisation to which Part VIII of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967 (No. 8 of 1967), applies.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 28th day of August,

1974.

LIAM MAC COSGAIR,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Order is to give effect within the State to Article 21 of the International Cocoa Agreement, 1972, which provides that the International Cocoa Organisation shall have legal personality.