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Civil Aviation (Eurocontrol) Act 1983
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2 Immunities and privileges of Eurocontrol.U.K.
(1)Schedule 4 to the M1Civil Aviation Act 1982 (which makes provision in relation to the organisation known as Eurocontrol) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph 1(3) (which includes provision according Eurocontrol the same inviolability of archives and premises as an envoy of a foreign sovereign Power accredited to Her Majesty), for the words from “any rule” to “Her Majesty” there shall be substituted the words “ the inviolability which, in accordance with the 1961 Convention Articles, is accorded in respect of the official archives and premises of a diplomatic mission ”.
(3)In paragraph 1(4) (which allows constables and other specified persons in certain cases to have access to the premises of Eurocontrol and to inspect its documents) after the word “document” there shall be inserted the words “ where the DirectorGeneral of the Agency is given advance notice of the exercise of the power conferred by this subparagraph and the access or inspection is ”.
(4)After paragraph 1(4) there shall be inserted the following subparagraphs:—
“(4A)Without prejudice to the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the property and assets of Eurocontrol shall be immune from the exercise by any person of any right or power without the leave of a court to seize or otherwise interfere with such property or assets.
(4B)No court or tribunal in the United Kingdom shall have jurisdiction in respect of any matter involving Eurocontrol and any of its officers or servants, being a matter which by virtue of any international agreement to which the United Kingdom is a party is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation.
(4C)For the purposes of subparagraph (4B) above, a certificate of the Secretary of State that any matter is or is not, as mentioned in that subparagraph, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation shall be conclusive of what is certified.”.
(5)In paragraph 1(5) (interpretation of paragraph 1), after the definition of “installations” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““the 1961 Convention Articles” means the Articles (being certain Articles of the Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961) which are set out in Schedule 1 to the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964;”.
(6)In subparagraph (1) of paragraph 3 (which confers jurisdiction on United Kingdom courts in respect of claims against Eurocontrol), after the words “Subject to” there shall be inserted the words “ paragraph 1 above and ”.
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