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COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) REGULATIONS 1972 - REG 8

Privileges and immunities of high officers of the Commonwealth Secretariat

  (1)   The offices of:

  (a)   Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Secretariat;

  (b)   Assistant Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Secretariat; and

  (c)   Managing Director of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation;

    are each a high office in the Commonwealth Secretariat for the purposes of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 6 of the Act.

  (2)   Each office in the Commonwealth Secretariat of Deputy Secretary-General, Advisor, Director, Assistant Director and Special Assistant is a high office in the Commonwealth Secretariat for the purposes of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 6 of the Act.

  (3)   Subject to the next succeeding subregulation, a person who holds a high office in the Commonwealth Secretariat has, while exercising the functions of the office that he holds, the privileges and immunities specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Act.

  (4)   The salary and emoluments received from the Commonwealth Secretariat by a person who holds a high office in the Commonwealth Secretariat are not exempt from taxation unless the salary and emoluments are subject to tax in the United Kingdom.

  (5)   A person who has ceased to hold a high office in the Commonwealth Secretariat has the immunities specified in Part   II of the Second Schedule to the Act.



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