{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-monetary-fund-immunities-and-privileges-order-1977/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-monetary-fund-immunities-and-privileges-order-1977/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/825",
  "legislation_title": "The International Monetary Fund (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-monetary-fund-immunities-and-privileges-order-1977",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Representatives",
  "text": "(1) All Governors, Executive Directors, Alternates, members of committees, and representatives of Member States appointed to attend a meeting of the Executive Board under Article XII, Section 3(j) of the Fund Agreement shall enjoy immunity from suit and legal process with respect to acts performed by them in their official capacity except when the Fund waives this immunity.\n(2) Part IV of Schedule I to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any immunity on the families of persons to whom this Article applies.\n(3) Part IV of Schedule I to the Act shall not operate so as to confer any immunity on the official staff, other than advisers, of persons to whom this Article applies.\n(4) This Article shall not operate so as to confer any immunity on any person as the representative of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or as a member of the staff of such a representative.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/825/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:59:39.556689+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."
}