Paragraph 12
Her Majesty may, in relation to any such Commonwealth representativesas are described in subsection (2) below, provide by Order in Councilfor conferring all or any of the privileges and immunities which areconferred by or may be conferred under this Act on consular posts orpersons connected with consular posts; and the reference in section8(1)(b) of this Act (refund of hydrocarbon oil duty) to an order undersection 3(1)of this Act shall extend also to an order under thissection.
The Commonwealth representatives in relation to whom this sectionapplies are—
persons in the service of the Government of any country within theCommonwealth (other than the United Kingdom) who hold officesappearing to Her Majesty to involve the performance of dutiessubstantially corresponding to duties which, in the case of a foreignsovereign power, would be performed by a consular officer; and
any person for the time being recognised by Her Majesty’s Goverment inthe United Kingdom as the chief representative in the United Kingdomof a state or province of a country within the Commonwealth.
The privileges and immunities which may be conferred under thissection shall include those which in other cases may, if an agreementso requires, be conferred by virtue of Schedule 2 to this Act.
The provisions of this section shall have effect in relation topersons in the service of the Government of the Republic of Ireland asthey have an effect in relations to persons in the service of theGovernment of a country within the Commonwealth.
Notes on Schedule
Modifications
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The text of Ss. 3, 4 and Sch. is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991