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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-arms-decommissioning-act-1997-cessation-of-section-7-order-2011/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/977",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Cessation of Section 7) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-arms-decommissioning-act-1997-cessation-of-section-7-order-2011",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional Provisions",
  "text": "(1) Section 7 of the 1997 Act continues to have effect in so far as necessary for paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) The 1997 Order continues to have effect after 31st March 2011 in so far as it confers privileges and immunities (including any exemption) on persons in respect of their performance of official duties on or before 31st March 2011 as members of the Commission, staff and agents of the Commission and other persons who have carried out work for or given advice to the Commission.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the 1997 Order continues to have effect after 31st March 2011 in so far as it confers on the official archives of the Commission the inviolability that is accorded to the official archives of a diplomatic mission in accordance with the Articles of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961 which are set out in Schedule 1 to the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964.\n(4) Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom may at any time with the agreement of the Government of Ireland waive the inviolability of all or part of the official archives of the Commission, for a particular period of time or indefinitely and for a particular purpose or generally.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 7 of the 1997 Act provides that the Secretary of State may by order confer privileges and immunities on members and servants of the Commission (including agents of, and persons carrying out work for or giving advice to the Commission). These privileges and immunities are conferred by the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2231) which is made under section 7. Articles 7 and 8 of S.I. 1997/2231 have been amended by section 2(3) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1964 c. 81. Schedule 1 to the 1964 Act has been amended by section 6 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987 (c. 46). Section 7 of the 1997 Act provides that the Secretary of State may confer such inviolability on the official archives of the Commission and this is conferred by the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2231) which is made under section 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/977/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:10:28.983579+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."
}