Article 1

This Order may be cited as the OSPAR Commission (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1997. It shall come into force on the date on which the Headquarters Agreement^f1 between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commission established by the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment in the North-East Atlantic 1992 enters into force. This date shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.