Regulation · 2014

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2014

GN No. 67 of 2014

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African Development Bank (Privileges and Immunities) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

GN No. 67 of 2014

Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 36 of 19 April 2014

THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND CONFERENCES (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT

Regulations made by the Minister under section 19 of the International Organisations and Conferences (Privileges and Immunities) Act

  1. These regulations may be cited as the African Development Bank (Privileges and Immunities) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 .
  3. In these regulations -

'principal regulations' means the African Development Bank (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 1974.

  1. Regulation 2 of the principal regulations is amended -
  2. (a) by deleting the definition of 'Country Economist';
  3. (b)
  4. by inserting, in the appropriate alphabetical order, the following new definition 'Chief Infrastructure Investment Specialist' means the Chief Infrastructure Investment Specialist who is reassigned by the Bank to work in the Liaison Office;

'Liaison Office' means the Liaison Office of the Bank located in Mauritius;

  • (c) by adding the following new definitions, the full stop at the end of the definition of 'member' being deleted and replaced by a semicolon -

'officer' -

  • (a) means a governor, director, alternate or employee of the Bank who is not a citizen or permanent resident of Mauritius;
  • (b) includes the official heading the Liaison Office;

'official heading the Liaison Office' means the Chief Infrastructure Investment Specialist, or any person who is re-assigned by the Bank to head the Liaison Office, who is not a citizen or permanent resident of Mauritius.

  1. Regulation 9 of the principal regulations is amended -
  2. (a) in paragraph (1), by deleting the words 'Every governor, director, alternate, officer, employee of the Bank and the Country Economist -', and replacing them by the words 'Subject to paragraph (1A), every officer -';
  3. (b) by inserting, after paragraph (1), the following new paragraph -

(1A) (a) No officer shall be entitled to any immunity from jurisdiction where he has contravened any road traffic legislation in force in Mauritius or caused any injury or damage whilst driving a motor vehicle.

  • (b) Every officer who intends to own or drive a motor vehicle in Mauritius shall comply with the relevant motor vehicle insurance legislation in force in Mauritius.
  1. Regulation 9A of the principal regulations is amended by deleting the words 'The Country Economist' wherever they appear and replacing them by the words 'The official heading the Liaison Office'.
  2. These regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 2013.

Made by the Minister on 15 April 2014.