Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017
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Amendment of section 40 of Act of 1967 | ||
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5. Section 40 of the Act of 1967 is amended, in subsection (1) (amended by section 3 of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Act 2006 ), by the substitution of “equivalent or having like effect to those conferred upon, or afforded in relation to, sending states, missions or international organisations under the Vienna Convention, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, or the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialised Agencies or any other international agreement scheduled to this Act,” for “(other than inviolability, exemptions, facilities, immunities, privileges or rights not conferred upon, or afforded in relation to, sending states or missions under the Vienna Convention)” and the said subsection (1) as so amended is set out in the Table to this section. | ||
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(1) The Government may by order designate an international organisation, community or body of which the State or the Government is or intends to become a member to be an organisation to which this Part of this Act applies and may, by the order, make provision for the purposes of section 42 of this Act, as respects inviolability, exemptions, facilities, immunities, privileges and rights equivalent or having like effect to those conferred upon, or afforded in relation to, sending states, missions or international organisations under the Vienna Convention, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, or the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialised Agencies or any other international agreement scheduled to this Act, in relation to the organisation. |