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The International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation (Legal Capacities) Order 2022

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Draft 2022, ISBN 9780348228618

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Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 10(1) of the International Organisations Act 1968, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

International Immunities And Privileges

Made 2022

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the   day of   

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2) of the International Organisations Act 1968f1 (“the Act”).

A draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 10(1) of the Act.

Accordingly, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1968 c. 48; section 1(1) was amended by section 1 of the International Organisations Act 1981; there are other amendments not relevant to this Order.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2The International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation
  3. 3Legal capacities
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation (Legal Capacities) Order 2022 and comes into force on the date on which the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigationf1 enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2The International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation

The International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation (“the Organisation”) is an organisation of which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the governments of foreign sovereign Powers are members.

3Legal capacities

The Organisation has the legal capacities of a body corporate.

Signature

Name

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order confers the legal capacities of a body corporate on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation, an inter-governmental organisation established with the aim of ensuring that seafarers are provided with effective and harmonised marine aids to navigation services worldwide. The Organisation is established by the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation, which was adopted in Kuala Lumpur on 28th February 2020 and was opened for signature on 27th January 2021.

Article 14.1 of the Convention provides for the Organisation to have legal capacities. This Order enables the Organisation to have the legal capacities of a body corporate, in accordance with this provision. It comes into force on the date the Convention enters into force with respect to the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention. If the United Kingdom is one of the first 30 States to ratify the Convention, this will be when the Convention enters into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the thirtieth instrument of ratification. Alternatively, if the United Kingdom ratifies the Convention after its initial entry into force, this will be on the thirtieth day after the United Kingdom’s deposit of its instrument of ratification.

A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

An Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument has been published alongside this Order at www.legislation.gov.uk.