{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-seabed-authority-immunities-and-privileges-order-2000/article-19",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1815",
  "legislation_title": "The International Seabed Authority (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-seabed-authority-immunities-and-privileges-order-2000",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Secretary-General of the Authority, experts (other than officials of the Authority) performing missions on behalf of the Authority shall 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 exercise of their functions;\n(b) during the period of their missions, including during journeys made in connection with service on such missions, the like immunity from personal arrest or detention and the like inviolability for all papers and documents as is accorded to a diplomatic agent; and\n(c) unless they are British citizens, British Dependent Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens or British Nationals (Overseas), exemption from income tax in respect of salaries and emoluments received by them from the Authority.\n(2) Paragraph 1(c) of this Article shall not apply to pensions and annuities paid by the Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1815/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:59.868411+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."
}