Commonwealth Secretariat: Visiting Officers
1Every senior officer of the Commonwealth Secretariat, who is a citizen of a country mentioned in Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981 [U.K. Act 1981 c. 61], and any member of his family forming part of his household, other than a member who is a British Citizen, a British Dependant Territory Citizen or a British Overseas Citizen only shall, if permanently resident outside the United Kingdom, have the like privileges and immunities as are accorded, by law to a diplomatic agent and the members of his family forming part of his household except that any such person shall not be exempt from liability for income tax in respect of any salary or emoluments payable to him by the Secretariat.
2Every officer and servant of the Commonwealth Secretariat not falling within paragraph 1 of this Schedule shall have -
(a)immunity from suit and legal process in respect of acts or omissions of his in the course of the performance of official duties, except immunity from suit and legal process in respect of a civil action for damage alleged to have been caused by a motor vehicle belonging to or driven by him, or in respect of a motor traffic offence involving such a vehicle; and
(b)the like inviolability for all his official papers and documents as is accorded by law to the diplomatic agent of a sending state.