The Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) (Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/2290
• Sections: 8

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) (Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the date on which the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe signed in Paris on 19th November 1990 enters into force. This date will be notified in the London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Sovereign Base Areas Gazettes.

Section 2

The provisions of sections 1 to 5 of the Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 1991 shall extend to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (that is to say, the areas mentioned in section 2(1) of the Cyprus Act 1960 ) with the modifications that are specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

Section 3

The provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 referred to in section 5(1) and (2) of the said Act as extended to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Section 1

A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State. He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in the case of:

(a) a real action relating to private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the purposes of the mission;

(b) an action relating to succession in which the diplomatic agent is involved as executor, administrator, heir or legatee as a private person and not on behalf of the sending State;

(c) an action relating to any professional or commercial activity exercised by the diplomatic agent in the receiving State outside his official functions.

Section 1

The receiving State shall, in accordance with such laws and regulations as it may adopt, permit entry of and grant exemption from all customs duties, taxes, and related charges other than charges for storage, cartage and similar services, on: . . .

(b) articles for the personal use of a diplomatic agent or members of his family forming part of his household, including articles intended for his establishment.

Section 2

His papers, correspondence and, except as provided in paragraph 3 of Article 31, his property, shall likewise enjoy inviolability.

Section 2

A diplomatic agent is not obliged to give evidence as a witness.

Section 3

No measures of execution may be taken in respect of a diplomatic agent except in the cases coming under sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of this Article, and provided that the measures concerned can be taken without infringing the inviolability of his person or of his residence.