The Privileges and Immunities (United Nations Environment Programme) Order

Legal Notice 302 of 1979

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Legal Notice 302 of 1979
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Privileges and Immunities Act
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31 December 2022
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LAWS OF KENYA

PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES ACT

THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES (UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME) ORDER

LEGAL NOTICE 302 OF 1979

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXXXI—No. 50 on 2 November 1979
  • Commenced on 1 September 1973
  1. [Amended by Privileges and Immunities (United Nations Environment Programme) (Amendment) Order, 1979 (Legal Notice 315 of 1979) on 23 November 1979]
  2. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
1.This Order may be cited as the Privileges and Immunities (United Nations Environment Programme) Order and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st September, 1973.
2.The United Nations Environment Programme, hereinafter referred to as "the Organization", being an organization of which the Government of Kenya and other governments are members, is hereby declared to be an organization to which section 9 of the Act shall apply.
3.The Organization shall have—
(a)the legal capacities of a body corporate; and
(b)the immunities and privileges specified in Part 1 of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.
4.The exemption from rates and taxes made under paragraph 3 of Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Act shall, notwithstanding paragraph 3 (b) of this Order, be like, and be limited to, the exemption made under Articles 23 and 28 of the First Schedule to the Act.
5.Any person who is an employee of the Organization shall, while residing in Kenya and performing duties in the service of the Organization, have the Immunities and Privileges specified in Part III of the Fourth Schedule to the Act:Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to citizens of Kenya or to any person ordinarily resident in Kenya subject to the Agreement betwween the Kenya Government and United Nations Environment Programme establishing United Nations Environment Programme headquarters.[L.N. 315/1979, r. 2.]
6.The exemption from tax or duty importation made under paragraph 7 of Part III of the Fourth Schedule to the Act shall, notwithstanding paragraph 5 of this Order, be like, and be limited to, the exemption made under paragraph 4(3) of Part A of the Fifth Schedule to the East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004.
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