The Immigration (Exemption from Control) (Amendment) Order 1985

Made: 22nd November 1985

Laid before Parliament: 29th November 1985

Coming into Operation: 22nd December 1985

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 8(2) of the Immigration Act 1971[^f00001], I hereby make the following Order:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Exemption from Control) (Amendment) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 22nd December 1985.

2

In Article 4 of the Immigration (Exemption from Control) Order 1972[^f00002] for paragraph (k) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:—

(k) any person on whom any immunity from suit and legal process is conferred by the European Communities (Immunities and Privileges of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation) Order 1985[^f00003] (which confers certain immunities and privileges on the representatives and officers of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation); (l) any member of the family of a person exempted under any of the preceding paragraphs forming part of his household.

Signed

Douglas Hurd — One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State — Home Office — 22nd November 1985

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends Article 4 of the Immigration (Exemption from Control) Order 1972 so as to exempt from immigration control (except in relation to deportation) those representatives and officers of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (“NASCO”) on whom the European Communities (Immunities and Privileges of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation) confers immunity from suit and legal process. Family members forming part of the household of NASCO representatives and officers are similarly exempted from immigration control.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: section 8(2) was amended by the British Nationality Act 1981 (c.61), Schedule 4, paragraph 2.

[^f00002]: , amended by S.I. 1975/617, 1977/693, 1982/1649.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1985/1773.