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Where an organisation . . . F1 of which two or more . . . F2sovereign Powers, or the Governments of two or more such Powers, are members but of which neither the United Kingdom nor Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom is a member, maintains or proposes to maintain an establishment in the United Kingdom, then for the purpose of giving effect to any agreement made in that behalf between the United Kingdom or Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and that organisation, Her Majesty may by Order in Council specifying the organisation make either or both of the following provisions in respect of the organisation, that is to say—
(a)confer on the organisation the legal capacities of a body corporate, and
(b)provide that the organisation shall, to such extent as may be specified in the Order, be entitled to the like exemption or relief from taxes on income and capital gains as is accorded to a foreign sovereign Power.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Sch. 3 Pt. IV
F2Word repealed by International Organisations Act 1981 (c. 9, SIF 68:1), s. 6, Sch.
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