{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-space-agency-immunities-and-privileges-order-1978/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1105",
  "legislation_title": "The European Space Agency (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-space-agency-immunities-and-privileges-order-1978",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Agency shall have relief, under arrangements made by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, by way of refund of duty (whether of customs or excise) paid on imported hydrocarbon oil (within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979) or value added tax paid on the importation of such oil which is bought in the United Kingdom and used for the official purposes of the Agency and which is strictly necessary for the exercise of its official activities, such relief to be subject to compliance with such conditions as may be imposed in accordance with the arrangements.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (S.) (31.5.2024) by The International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/158), arts. 1(2), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 12 substituted (18.8.1980) by The International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Miscellaneous Provisions Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1096), art. 1, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 12 in force at 30.10.1980 as notified in the London Gazette dated 24.12.1980, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1105/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:31:48.835102+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."
}