Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

7.   Diplomatic immunities of representatives attending international conferences

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   (1)   Where a conference is held in Saint Lucia and is attended by representatives of the Government of Saint Lucia and the government or governments of one or more overseas country, and it appears to the Governor General that doubts may arise as to the extent to which the representatives of such overseas country and members of their official staffs are entitled to diplomatic immunities, he or she may instruct the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs—

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      (a)     to compile a list of the persons aforesaid who are entitled to such immunities, and cause that list to be published in the Gazette; and

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      (b)     whenever it appears to the Governor General that any person ceases or begins to be entitled to such immunities, to amend the list and cause notice of the amendment or, if he or she thinks fit, an amended list to be published as aforesaid,

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   and every representative of an overseas country who is included in the list shall, for the purpose of any enactment and rule of law or custom relating to the immunities of an envoy of a foreign sovereign power and of the retinue of such an envoy, be treated as if he or she were such an envoy, and such members of his or her official staff as are included in the list shall be treated for the purpose aforesaid as if they were his or her retinue.

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   (2)   Every list or notice published under the foregoing subsection in relation to any conference shall include a statement of the date from which the list or amendment takes or took effect; and the fact that any person is or was included or not included at any time among the persons entitled to diplomatic immunities as representatives attending the conference or as members of the official staff of any such representative may, if a list of those persons has been so published, be conclusively proved by producing the Gazette containing the list or, as the case may be, the last list taking effect before that time, together with the Gazettes if any, containing notices of the amendments taking effect before that time, and by showing that the name of that person is or was at that time included or not included in the said list.