The Diplomatic Immunities (Conferences with Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act 1961 (c.11) was an Act

Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom

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 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 that extended diplomatic immunity

Diplomatic immunity

Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments that ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host country's laws...

 to representatives of British Dominions

Dominion

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 and the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It was repealed by the International Organisations Act 1981.

Act

The Act extends to representatives of the British Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland the same diplomatic rights as those of representatives of other foreign states. Those representatives on official business have immunity from prosecution within British courts and any other immunity "granted by any enactment and rule of law or custom" to foreign representatives, and the same right is extended to those members of their staff who are citizens of a foreign nation. Those members of staff who are British are entitled only to immunity for "things done or omitted to be done in the course of the performance of their duties".