All Officers
16. Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Executive Chairman of the Council or (in the case of the Executive Chairman) by the Council, all officers of the Council with the exception of those who are recruited locally and assigned to hourly rates of pay shall enjoy:—
(a)immunity from suit and legal process in respect of things done or omitted to be done by them in the course of the performance of their official duties, except in the case of a motor traffic offence committed by an officer or in the case of damage caused by a motor vehicle belonging to or driven by him;
(b)as from the date on which the emoluments received by them as officers of the Council become subject to taxation by the Council for its benefit, exemption from income tax in respect of such emoluments;
(c)unless they are citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, the like exemption from customs duties and taxes on the importation of articles which—
(i)at or about the time when they first enter the United Kingdom as officers of the Council are imported for their personal use or that of members of their families forming part of their households, including articles intended for their establishment, and
(ii)are articles which were in their ownership or possession or that of such members of their families, or which they or such members of their families were under contract to purchase, immediately before they so entered the United Kingdom,
as in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 36 of the 1961 Convention Articles is accorded to a diplomatic agent.