Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1299

The EUTELSAT (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1988

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1988 No. 1299

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES

The EUTELSAT (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1988

Made	26th July 1988

Coming into force

On a date to be notified in the London, Edinburghand Belfast Gazettes

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of July 1988

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 10(1) of the International Organisations Act 1968^[1] (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1^[2] of the Act or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

PART 1
GENERAL

    1.    This Order may be cited as the EUTELSAT (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1988. It shall come into force on the date on which the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (EUTELSAT)^[3] opened for signature at Paris on 13th February 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the Protocol) enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom. That date shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.

    2.—(1)  For the purposes of this Order, the official activities of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (hereinafter referred to as the Organisation) means the activities carried out by the Organisation within the framework of its objectives as defined in the Convention on the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation "EUTELSAT"^[4], opened for signature at Paris on 15th July 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention).

    (2)  In this Order -
"United Kingdom national" means a person who is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen or a British National (Overseas);
"the 1961 Convention Articles" means the Articles (being certain Articles of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961) which are set out in Schedule 1 to the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964^[5];
"staff member" means the Director General and any other staff member recruited by the Organisation who is employed exclusively by it, paid by it, and is subject to its Staff Regulations;
"Party" means a State for which the Convention is in force or has been provisionally applied;
"Signatory" means the telecommunications entity or the Party that has signed the Operating Agreement relating to the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation "EUTELSAT"^[6], opened for signature at Paris on 15th July 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the Operating Agreement), and for which the Operating Agreement is in force or has been provisionally applied;
"archives" means all records belonging to or held by the Organisation such as documents, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, computer programs, films and recordings;
"EUTELSAT space segment" has the meaning assigned to it in Article 1(h) of the Convention.

    3.    The EUTELSAT (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1984^[7] is hereby revoked.

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Notes:

[1] 1968 c. 48.

[2] As amended by section 1 of the International Organisations Act 1981 (c. 9).

[3] Cm. 305.

[4] Cmnd. 9069, as amended by a Protocol of 15th December 1983 (Cmnd. 9154).

[5] 1964 c. 81.

[6] Cmnd. 9069.

[7] S.I. 1984/1980.

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