{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-sea-bed-authority-immunities-and-privileges-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/270",
  "legislation_title": "The International Sea-Bed Authority (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-sea-bed-authority-immunities-and-privileges-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order:\n(a) “the 1961 Convention Articles” means the Articles (being certain Articles of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961) which are set out in Schedule 1 to the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964;\n(b) “Authority” means the International Sea-Bed Authority established by the Convention;\n(c) “Enterprise” means the organ of the Authority referred to in Article 158(2) and Article 170 of the Convention;\n(d) “representative” means a representative of a member of the Authority attending meetings of the Assembly, the Council or organs of the Assembly or Council.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 24.8.1997 as notified in the London Gazette dated 27.8.1997, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 81."
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "uksi/1996/270",
      "affecting_title": "The International Sea-Bed Authority (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1996"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/270/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:52:49.559565+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."
}