S.I. No. 64/1991 - Council of Europe (Privileges and Immunities) Order, 1991.

1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date on which three member States of the Council of Europe have expressed their consent to be bound by the Protocol in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.

2. In respect of any member State which subsequently expresses its consent to be bound by it, the Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of signature or of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.

ARTICLE 4

Pending the entry into force of this Protocol in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 3, the Signatories agree to apply the Protocol provisionally from the date of signature, so far as it is possible to do so under their respective constitutional systems.

ARTICLE 5

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council of

(

a

) any signature;

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b

) the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval;

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c

) any date of entry into force of this Protocol in accordance with Article 3;

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d

) any other act, notification or communication relating to this Protocol.

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Protocol.

Done at Strasbourg, this 18th day of June 1990, in English and French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies of each member State of the Council of Europe.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 21st day of March, 1991.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to accord to members of the Commission and members of the Court, exemption from taxation on salaries, emoluments and allowances paid to them by the Council of Europe.

3. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

ARTICLE 3

S.I. No. 64 of 1991.

COUNCIL OF EUROPE (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ORDER, 1991.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 42A (inserted by the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Act, 1976

(No. 2 of 1976)) of the

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967

(No. 8 of 1967), that the Government may by order make provision to enable international organisations, communities or bodies, their institutions or organs and their property, and persons to have and enjoy in the State any inviolability, exemptions, facilities, immunities, privileges or rights provided for in relation to them by an international agreement to which the State is or intends to become a party

AND WHEREAS the Fifth Protocol to the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe done at Strasbourg on the 18th day of June, 1990, is such an agreement

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 42A, hereby order as follows