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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-co-operation-council-immunities-and-privileges-order-1974/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/1253",
  "legislation_title": "The Customs Co-operation Council (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-co-operation-council-immunities-and-privileges-order-1974",
  "path": "article/17",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Secretary General, experts (other than officers of the Council) performing missions for the Council shall enjoy:—\n(a) immunity from suit and legal process in respect of things done or omitted to be done by them in the performance of their missions and within the limits of their authority; and\n(b) during the period of their missions, including the time spent on journeys in connection with their missions, the like immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their baggage and the like inviolability for all papers and documents as is accorded to a diplomatic agent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1253/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:27:56.921531+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."
}