Order respecting Privileges and Immunities in relation to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization and its Provisional Technical Secretariat (SOR/99-409)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29

PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF OFFICIALS

  • 9. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), officials of the Preparatory Commission or the Secretariat shall have, in Canada, the privileges and immunities set out in paragraphs (a) to (c), (e) and (g) of Section 18 of Article V of the Convention, as well as the following privileges and immunities set out in that Section:

    • (a) immunity from immigration restrictions and alien registration; and

    • (b) the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as are accorded to diplomatic envoys.

  • (2) Subject to subsection (3), officials of the Preparatory Commission or the Secretariat who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents shall have, in Canada, the privileges and immunities set out in paragraphs (a), (c) and (e) of Section 18 of Article V of the Convention.

  • (3) Immunity from legal process does not apply in relation to a motor vehicle that is under the care or control of an official of the Preparatory Commission or the Secretariat and that is involved in an accident that results in death, damages or personal injury to any person.

PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF EXPERTS ON MISSIONS

  • 10. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), experts performing missions for the Preparatory Commission or the Secretariat shall have, during their journey to and from the place of their missions in Canada, as well as during the period of their missions in Canada, the privileges and immunities set out in Article VI of the Convention.

  • (2) Subject to subsection (3), experts referred to in subsection (1) who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents shall have, in Canada, the privileges and immunities set out in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 22 of Article VI of the Convention.

  • (3) Immunity from legal process does not apply in relation to a motor vehicle that is under the care or control of an expert performing a mission for the Preparatory Commission or the Secretariat and that is involved in an accident that results in death, damages or personal injury to any person.

  • (4) Acts and regulations that prohibit the import or export of certain articles, and the Quarantine Act and any regulations made under that Act, apply in relation to the personal baggage of experts performing missions for the Preparatory Commission or the Secretariat.

COMING INTO FORCE

11. This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.