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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-forest-institute-immunities-and-privileges-order-2024/article-8",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348261493",
  "legislation_title": "The European Forest Institute (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-forest-institute-immunities-and-privileges-order-2024",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Board members and representatives of Members",
  "text": "(1) Board members and representatives of Members have the following privileges and immunities while carrying out Official Activities and throughout their journey to or from the place where a meeting is held by the EFI—\n(a) subject to paragraph (2), immunity from suit and legal process in respect of things done or omitted to be done by them in connection with the Official Activities of the EFI;\n(b) the like inviolability as, in accordance with the 1961 Convention Articles, is accorded to a diplomatic agent in respect of official papers and documents;\n(c) immunity from inspection or seizure of their personal baggage, unless there are serious grounds for presuming that it contains articles other than those for the official use of the EFI or their personal use, or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by law or controlled by the enactments relating to quarantine.\n(2) The immunity granted under paragraph (1)(a) continues to apply to the person after they cease to be a Board member or a representative of a Member (as the case may be).\n(3) This article does not apply to a representative of the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348261493/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:41:06.180281+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."
}