S.I. No. 242/1986 - Intergovernmental Organisation For International Carriage by Rail (Otif) (Designation of Organisation) Order 1986.

1. This Order may be cited as the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) (Designation of Organisation) Order, 1986.

2. The Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) is hereby designated as an organisation to which Part VIII of the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967

(No. 8 of 1967), applies.

3. Article 1.2 (which is set out in the Schedule to this Order) of, and the Protocol annexed to, the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) done at Berne on the 9th day of May, 1980, shall apply for the purposes of

section 42

of the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967

.

SCHEDULE

The Organisation shall have legal personality. It shall in particular have the capacity to enter into contracts, to acquire and dispose of movable and immovable assets and to be a party to legal proceedings.

The Organisation, members of its staff, experts called in by it and representatives of Member States shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary to discharge their duties, subject to the conditions laid down in the Protocol annexed to the Convention, of which the Protocol shall form an integral part.

Relations between the Organisation and the State in which it has its headquarters shall be regulated by a Headquarters Agreement.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 4th day of March, 1986.

GARRET FITZGERALD,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Order is to designate the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) as an organisation entitled to the privileges and immunities conferred by Part VIII of the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967

(No. 8 of 1967).

S.I. No. 242 of 1986.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION FOR INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY RAIL (OTIF) (DESIGNATION OF ORGANISATION) ORDER 1986.

WHEREAS it is enacted by

section 40

(1) of the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967

(No. 8 of 1967), that the Government may by order designate an international organisation of which the State or the Government is or intends to become a member to be an organisation to which Part VIII of that Act applies

AND WHEREAS the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) is an organisation such as aforesaid.

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 40 of the said

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967

, hereby order as follows