The Immigration (Exemption from Control) (Amendment) Order 1977

• Citation: S.I. 1977/693
• Sections: 4

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Exemption from Control) (Amendment) Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 15th May 1977.

Section 2

In this Order “ the principal Order ” means the Immigration (Exemption from Control) Order 1972 as amended .

Section 3

In Article 4 of the principal Order (which exempts certain persons from any provision of the Immigration Act 1971 relating to those who are not patrial except any provision relating to deportation)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (g) there shall be inserted the words “or by any Order in Council continuing to have effect by virtue of section 12(5) of the said Act of 1968” ; and

(b) for paragraph (j) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:—

(j) any officer or servant of the Commonwealth Secretariat falling within paragraph 6 of the Schedule to the Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966 (which confers certain immunities on those members of the staff of the Secretariat who are not entitled to full diplomatic immunity);

(k) any member of the family of a person exempted under any of the preceding paragraphs forming part of his household.

Section 4

In the Schedule to the Principal Order (which contains a list of states with which consular conventions have been concluded by Her Majesty) there shall be inserted—

(a) after the word “Bulgaria” , the word “Czechoslovakia” ;

(b) after the word “France” , the words “German Democratic Republic” ;

(c) after the word “Mexico” , the word “Mongolia” .