{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-act-1978/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-act-1978/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/33",
  "legislation_title": "State Immunity Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-act-1978",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Evidence by certificate.",
  "text": "A certificate by or on behalf of the Secretary of State shall be conclusive evidence on any question—\n(a) whether any country is a State for the purposes of Part I of this Act, whether any territory is a constituent territory of a federal State for those purposes or as to the person or persons to be regarded for those purposes as the head or government of a State;\n(b) whether a State is a party to the Brussels Convention mentioned in Part I of this Act;\n(c) whether a State is a party to the European Convention on State Immunity, whether it has made a declaration under Article 24 of that Convention or as to the territories in respect of which the United Kingdom or any other State is a party;\n(d) whether, and if so when, a document has been served or received as mentioned in section 12(1) or (5) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/33/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:22:51.440596+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."
}