# The Consular Relations (Privileges and Immunities) (French Republic) Order 1970, Note: Explanatory note


This Order, which is made pursuant to the Consular Relations Act 1968, provides, with respect to consular posts of the French Republic and persons connected with them, for according privileges additional to those accorded by Schedule 1 to the Act, namely—
(i)relief from rates and taxes for the residences of consular officers and employees;
(ii)exemption for certain consular employees from customs duties on articles for their personal use, or that of members of their families forming part of their households, imported throughout the period of their appointment.
It gives effect to the relevant provisions of the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and the French Republic which was signed at Paris on 31st December 1951 (Cmnd. 617), and to an Exchange of Notes between the Governments of the two countries which took place at Paris on 19th May 1970 (Cmnd. 4442).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1925/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/consular-relations-privileges-and-immunities-french-republic-order-1970/note
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