The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2005
This Order confers the legal capacities of a body corporate and privileges and immunities upon the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (“the Tribunal”); and confers privileges and immunities on members of the Tribunal, the Registrar and other officials of the Tribunal, experts appointed under article 289 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, agents, counsel and advocates before the Tribunal, witnesses, experts and persons performing missions by order of the Tribunal. These privileges and immunities are conferred in accordance with the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea done at New York on 1st July 1997 (“the Agreement”). The Order will enable Her Majesty’s Government to ratify the Agreement, and will enter into force on the date on which the Agreement enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom. The Order revokes the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1996.