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Statutory Instruments
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES
Made
26th October 1978
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 23(5) of the State Immunity Act 1978, hereby makes the following Order:-
1. This Order may be cited as the State Immunity Act 1978 (Commencement) Order 1978.
2. The State Immunity Act 1978 shall come into operation on 22nd November 1978.
Elwyn-Jones, C
Dated 26th October 1978
This Order brings into operation the State Immunity Act 1978 which restricts the immunity which Sovereign States can claim from the jurisdiction of civil courts and tribunals in the United Kingdom and regulates the personal immunities of Heads of State by equating them to those conferred on an Ambassador.
