The International Seabed Authority (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2000

PART IV REPRESENTATIVES

16.—(1) Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Government of the Member which they represent, representatives of Members of the Authority shall enjoy:

(a) immunity from suit and legal process (even after the termination of their mission) in respect of acts, including words written or spoken, done by them in the exercise of their functions;

(b) while exercising their functions and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting the like inviolability for all their papers and documents as is accorded to a diplomatic agent; and

(c) while exercising their functions and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting the like immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage as is accorded to a diplomatic agent.

(2) Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on—

(a) the official staff of a representative other than alternate representatives and advisers, or

(b) the family of a representative.

(3) Neither the preceding paragraphs of this Article nor Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on any person as the representative of the United Kingdom or as a member of the official staff of such a representative or on any person who is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, or a British National (Overseas).

(4) Where the incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence, a representative shall not be deemed to be resident in the United Kingdom during any period when he is present in the United Kingdom for the discharge of his duties.