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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3921/article/16/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2001</dc:title><dc:subject>VAT</dc:subject><dc:subject>Pay progression</dc:subject><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2015-04-27</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>This Order confers privileges and immunities upon the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, on representatives of its Members, its officials and experts. These privileges and immunities are conferred in accordance with the Agreement of 26 October 2000 between the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Privileges and Immunities of the OPCW (Cm. 5099). The Order will enable Her Majesty’s Government to give effect to that Convention and will come into force on the date on which that Convention enters into force.</dc:description>
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<Text>Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by <Abbreviation Expansion="the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established under Article VIII, paragraph 1, of the the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction done at Paris on 13th January 1993">the Organisation</Abbreviation>, experts (other than officials of the Organisation) shall, so far as is necessary for the effective exercise of their functions, including during journeys made in carrying out their functions and in the course of their missions for the Organisation, enjoy:—</Text>
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<Text>the like immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage as is accorded to a diplomatic agent;</Text>
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<Text>immunity from suit and legal process (even after the termination of their mission) in respect of acts done by them in the course of the performance of their official functions, including words spoken or written; and</Text>
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<Text>the like inviolability for all papers, documents and official material as is accorded to a diplomatic agent.</Text>
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