{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eutelsat-immunities-and-privileges-order-1988/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eutelsat-immunities-and-privileges-order-1988/article-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1299",
  "legislation_title": "The EUTELSAT (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eutelsat-immunities-and-privileges-order-1988",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Director General",
  "text": "(1) Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Board of Signatories of the Organisation, the Director General shall enjoy –\n(a) immunity from arrest or detention except when found committing, attempting to commit or just having committed a criminal offence;\n(b) the like immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to a diplomatic agent, except in respect of a civil action by a third party for damage arising from an accident caused by a motor vehicle or other means of transport belonging to or driven by him, or in respect of a traffic offence involving such a vehicle and committed by him, subject to paragraph (a) above; and\n(c) the like exemption and privileges in respect of his personal baggage as in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 36 of the 1961 Convention Articles are accorded to a diplomatic agent, as if in that paragraph the reference to paragraph 1 of that Article were a reference to Article 15(b) of this Order,\nprovided that this paragraph shall not apply to any person who is a United Kingdom national or who is a permanent resident of the United Kingdom.\n(2) Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on any member of the family of a staff member to whom this Article applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1299/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:02:43.670890+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."
}