{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-whaling-commission-immunities-and-privileges-order-1975/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-whaling-commission-immunities-and-privileges-order-1975/article-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/1210",
  "legislation_title": "The International Whaling Commission (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-whaling-commission-immunities-and-privileges-order-1975",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "All Officers",
  "text": "Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Secretary of the Commission or (in the case of the Secretary) by the Commission, all officers appointed or recruited for full-time employment with the Commission and who are subject to its staff regulations, with the exception of those who are recruited locally and assigned to hourly rates of pay, shall enjoy:—\n(a) immunity from suit and legal process in respect of things done or omitted to be done by them in the course of the performance of their official duties, except in the case of a motor traffic offence committed by an officer or in the case of damage caused by a motor vehicle belonging to or driven by him;\n(b) as from the date on which the emoluments received by them as officers of the Commission become subject to taxation by the Commission for its benefit, exemption from income tax in respect of such emoluments.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/1210/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:04:44.558223+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."
}