The Consular Relations (Privileges and Immunities) (French Republic) Order 1970

• Citation: S.I. 1970/1925
• Sections: 4

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Privileges and Immunities) (French Republic) Order 1970 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1971.

Section 2

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 3

The like exemption from dues and taxes as is accorded under Article 32 in Schedule 1 to the Act to the residence of the career head of a consular post shall be extended to the residence of a consular officer or consular employee of the French Republic of which the French Republic or any person acting on its behalf is the owner or lessee.

Section 4

(1) Paragraph 2 of Article 50 in Schedule 1 to the Act (exemption from customs duties) shall be applied in regard to consular employees of the French Republic who satisfy the conditions set out in paragraph (2) of this Article as if the words “in respect of articles imported at the time of first installation” were omitted.

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article are that the consular employee concerned—

(a) is not a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, a person who is a British subject by virtue of section 2, 13 or 16 of the British Nationality Act 1948 or the British Nationality Act 1965, or a British protected person within the meaning of the said Act of 1948, and

(b) does not carry on any private gainful occupation in the United Kingdom, and

(c) is not permanently resident in the United Kingdom.