Explanatory note

This Order, which is made pursuant to the Consular Relations Act 1968, provides, with respect to consular posts of the Kingdom of Greece 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 career consular officers;

(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 Kingdom of Greece which was signed at Athens on 17th April 1953 (Cmnd. 525).