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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-international-investment-disputes-act-1966/schedule/part-2/chapter-6/crossheading-article-21",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1966/41",
  "legislation_title": "Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-international-investment-disputes-act-1966",
  "path": "schedule/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/article-21",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 21",
  "text": "The Chairman, the members of the Administrative Council, persons acting as conciliators or arbitrators or members of a Committee appointed pursuant to paragraph (3) of Article 52, and the officers and employees of the Secretariat\n(a) shall enjoy immunity from legal process with respect to acts performed by them in the exercise of their functions, except when the Centre waives this immunity;\n(b) not being local nationals, shall enjoy the same immunities from immigration restrictions, alien registration requirements and national service obligations, the same facilities as regards exchange restrictions and the same treatment in respect of travelling facilities as are accorded by Contracting States to the representatives, officials and employees of comparable rank of other Contracting States.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/41/schedule/part/2/chapter/6/crossheading/article-21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:19.888257+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}