Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

4.   Immunities, privileges and capacities under agreements for financial or other assistance

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    (1)   This section applies in respect of any agreement declared by order of the Governor General to be an agreement between Saint Lucia or the Government thereof and—

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      (a)     any overseas country or the Government thereof; or

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      (b)     any overseas government agency, for the provision of financial, technical or other assistance to Saint Lucia.

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    (2)   For the purposes of this section, the expression “overseas government agency” means any body or institution which is recognised by the government of an overseas country to be an agency of that government.

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    (3)   The Governor General may by order—

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      (a)     provide that in respect of any agreement to which this section applies, such immunities and privileges as may be set out in the order shall operate, and where the party to such agreement is an overseas government agency, such overseas government agency shall also have the capacities of a body corporate;

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      (b)     confer upon—

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        (i)     persons who are assigned for duty in Saint Lucia in under an agreement to which this section applies the immunities and privileges set out in the order, and

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        (ii)     the family of any person upon whom immunities and privileges are conferred under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the immunities and privileges set out in the order.

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    (4)   Any order made under subsection (3) shall be so framed as to secure that the immunities and privileges to be enjoyed by any overseas country, overseas government agency or persons by virtue of the order are not greater than those which at the time of the making of the order, are necessary to give effect to the agreement to which the order relates.