{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eutelsat-immunities-and-privileges-order-1988/article-16",
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  "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/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Except in so far as in any particular case any immunity or privilege is waived by the Director General, experts (other than staff members of the Organisation) appointed to carry out a specific task for or on behalf of the Organisation and at its expense shall, while performing their functions in relation to the work of the Organisation and in the course of their journeys to and from the place of their mission, enjoy –\n(a) immunity from suit and legal process (even after the termination of their mission) in respect of acts, including words written or spoken, done by them in the performance of their official functions, 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 an expert or in respect of a traffic offence involving such a vehicle and committed by him; and\n(b) the like inviolability in respect of all official papers and documents that are related to the official activities of the Organisation as is accorded to a diplomatic agent.",
  "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/16",
    "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."
}