{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-mobile-satellite-organisation-immunities-and-privileges-order-1999/article-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1125",
  "legislation_title": "The International Mobile Satellite Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-mobile-satellite-organisation-immunities-and-privileges-order-1999",
  "path": "article/16",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": "HIGH OFFICER",
  "text": "(1) Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Assembly of the Organisation, the Director of the Organisation shall enjoy:–\n(a) the like immunity from personal arrest or detention as is accorded to a diplomatic agent;\n(b) the like immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to a diplomatic agent; this immunity shall not apply, however, in the case of a motor traffic offence committed by him, nor in the case of damage caused to a motor vehicle belonging to or driven by him; provided that this Article shall not apply to any person who is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, or a British National (Overseas) 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 the family of an officer to whom this Article applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1125/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:01.508241+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."
}