PART 1General
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the International Criminal Police Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2023.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day on which the Agreement enters into force for the United Kingdom or, if later, on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(4) In Scotland, articles 4 to 18 of this Order do not apply in so far as they would, if included in an Act of Scottish Parliament, be within the legislative competence of that Parliament.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“Agreement” means the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL on the Privileges and Immunities of INTERPOL on the Territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(1);
“the Constitution” means the Constitution of the International Criminal Police Organisation adopted by the General Assembly at its 25th Session in Vienna, 1956(2);
“the International Criminal Police Organisation” or “the Organisation” means the organisation entitled the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL in accordance with article 1 of the Constitution;
“INTERPOL officials” means the Secretary General, persons seconded to the Organisation by a Member Country, and persons under contract employed by the Organisation;
“Official Activities” of the Organisation includes all activities undertaken pursuant to the Constitution and all activities appropriate to fulfil the aims of the Organisation under article 2 of the Constitution;
“Requesting Country” means a country which has submitted a request for membership of the Organisation to the Secretary General pursuant to article 4 of the Constitution, provided that the request has been added by the Executive Committee to the provisional agenda of the General Assembly.
(2) For the purposes of this Order, the following terms have the meaning they have in the Constitution—
“Adviser”;
“Commission for the Control of Files”;
“Executive Committee”;
“General Assembly”;
“Member Country”;
“National Central Bureau”;
“Secretary General”.