Article 2

The Specialized Agencies of the United Nations (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1974^f1 shall be amended by inserting after Article 16 the following new Article:

“16A

Unless they are British citizens, British Dependent Territories citizens or British Overseas citizens or permanently resident in the United Kingdom, officers of the World Health Organization (other than those who are locally recruited and assigned to hourly rates of pay) shall enjoy exemptions whereby, for the purposes of the enactments relating to social security, including enactments in force in Northern Ireland—

(a)

services rendered for the World Health Organization by them shall be deemed to be excepted from any class of employment in respect of which contributions or premiums under those enactments are payable, but

(b)

no person shall be rendered liable to pay any contribution or premium which he would not be required to pay if those services were not deemed to be so excepted.”.