Article 14

(1)

Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Government of the member whom they represent, representatives of members of the Organisation on any of its organs at meetings convened by it shall enjoy:—

(a)

in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done or omitted to be done by them in their official capacity, the like immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to the head of a diplomatic mission;

(b)

while exercising their functions and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, the like immunity from personal arrest or detention and the like inviolability for all papers and documents as is accorded to the head of a diplomatic mission;

(c)

while exercising their functions and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, the like exemptions and privileges in respect of their personal baggage as in accordance with Article 36 of the 1961 Convention Articles are accorded to a diplomatic agent.

(2)

Where the incidence of any form of taxation depends on residence, any period during which representatives of members of the Organisation on any of its organs at meetings convened by it are present in the United Kingdom for the exercise of their functions shall, for the purpose of determining their liability to taxation, be treated as not being a period of residence in the United Kingdom.

(3)

Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on the official staff of representatives of members of the Organisation other than alternates, advisers, technical experts and secretaries of delegations.

(4)

Neither the provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this Article nor those of Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on any person as the representative of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or as a member of the official staff of such a representative or on any person who is a British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British Overseas citizen, or British National (Overseas).

(5)

Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any privilege or immunity on families of representatives or on the families of members of their official staffs.