{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-unified-patent-court-immunities-and-privileges-order-2017/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-unified-patent-court-immunities-and-privileges-order-2017/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111158555",
  "legislation_title": "The Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-unified-patent-court-immunities-and-privileges-order-2017",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Except in so far as in any particular case any immunity is waived by the Presidium of the Court, representatives of a State Party shall enjoy immunity from suit and legal process in respect of all acts performed by them while attending a meeting of a Committee in their official capacity.\n(2) This article does not apply to a person who is a British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British Overseas citizen, British National (Overseas) or any person who at the time of taking up their functions with the Court is a permanent resident 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/2017/9780111158555/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:06:28.376299+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."
}