International Organisations Act 1981

1 Extension of 1968 Act to Commonwealth organisations, etc.

(1) In section 1 of the [1968 c. 48.] 1968 Act (privileges and immunities for international organisations of which the United Kingdom and foreign sovereign Powers are members)—

(a) in subsection (1), the following paragraph is substituted for paragraph (b)—

“(b) any other sovereign Power or the Government of any other sovereign Power,”; and

(b) in subsection (6), for the words " one or more other foreign sovereign Powers or Governments " there are substituted the words " any other sovereign Power or Government ".

(2) In section 4 of that Act (other organisations of which the United Kingdom is not a member) the word " foreign ", in the first place where it occurs, shall cease to have effect.

(3) In section 6 of that Act (international conferences attended by representatives of the United Kingdom and foreign sovereign Powers)—

(a) in subsection (1), the following paragraph is substituted for paragraph (b)—

“(b) of any other sovereign Power or the Government of any other sovereign Power.”; and

(b) in subsection (2) for the words " a foreign sovereign Power " there are substituted the words " a sovereign Power (other than the United Kingdom) ".