uksi/2022/146 — The International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation (Legal Capacities) Order 2022

2022 No. 146 International Immunities And Privileges The International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation (Legal Capacities) Order 2022 Made 16th February 2022 Coming into force in accordance with article 1 At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 16th day of February 2022 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2) of the International Organisations Act 1968 (“ the Act ”). A draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 10(1) of the Act. Accordingly, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows— Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 This Order may be cited as the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation (Legal Capacities) Order 2022 and comes into force on the date on which the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation enters into force in respect of the United Kingdom. 2 This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation 2 The International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation (“ the Organisation ”) is an organisation of which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the governments of foreign sovereign Powers are members. Legal capacities 3 The Organisation has the legal capacities of a body corporate. Ceri King Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order confers the legal capacities of a body corporate on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation, an inter-governmental organisation established with the aim of ensuring that seafarers are provided with effective and harmonised marine aids to navigation services worldwide. The Organisation is established by the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation, which was adopted in Kuala Lumpur on 28th February 2020 and was opened for signature on 27th January 2021. Article 14.1 of the Convention provides for the Organisation to have legal capacities. This Order enables the Organisation to have the legal capacities of a body corporate, in accordance with this provision. It comes into force on the date the Convention enters into force with respect to the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention. If the United Kingdom is one of the first 30 States to ratify the Convention, this will be when the Convention enters into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the thirtieth instrument of ratification. Alternatively, if the United Kingdom ratifies the Convention after its initial entry into force, this will be on the thirtieth day after the United Kingdom’s deposit of its instrument of ratification. A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument has been published alongside this Order at www.legislation.gov.uk .