PART 1
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES
3. Application of Vienna Convention
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(1) Subject to this Act, the Articles set out in Schedule 1 (being Articles of the Vienna Convention) have the force of law in Saint Lucia.
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(2) In the Articles referred to in subsection (1)—
“agents of the receiving State” includes any police officer and any person exercising power of entry to any premises under any written law in force in Saint Lucia;
“member of the family” means in relation to any person, the spouse or any dependant relative of that person;
“Ministry of Foreign Affairs or such other Ministry as may be agreed” means the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Saint Lucia;
“mission” means any Embassy or High Commission;
“national of the receiving State” means any citizen of Saint Lucia or any person entitled to be registered as such.
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(3) For the purpose of Article 32 a waiver by the head of the mission of any State or any person performing his or her functions shall be deemed to be a waiver by that State.
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(4) The references in Article 37 and 38 to the extent to which any immunities and privileges are admitted by the receiving State and to additional immunities and privileges that may be granted by the receiving State shall be construed as referring respectively to the extent to which any immunities and privileges which the Governor General may specify by order and to any additional immunities and privileges that may be so specified.