International Organisations Act 2005

International Organisations Act 2005^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about privileges, immunities and facilities in connection with certain international organisations.
Citation	2005 c 20
Dates
Royal assent	7 April 2005
Commencement	7 June 2005,[2] except sections 1 and 2 which came into force on 11 July 2005,[3] and section 3 which came into force on 6 April 2006.[4]
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The International Organisations Act 2005 (c 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to enable the United Kingdom to fulfil a number of international commitments.^[5]

This section relates to the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Section 2 relates to the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal.

This section relates to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

This section inserts section 4B of the International Organisations Act 1968.

This section amends the International Criminal Court Act 2001.

This section provides that section 5 of the International Organisations Act 1968 applies to members of the family of a judge of the European Court of Human Rights as it applies to a judge of that court.

This section provides that the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is to be treated, for the purposes of section 1 of the International Organisations Act 1968, as an organisation of which the United Kingdom, or Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and at least one other sovereign Power, or the Government of such a Power, are members.

Section 11(3) provides that, except for sections 1 to 3, the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months.^[6] The day (that is to say, 7 April 2005) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months.^[7] This means that, except for sections 1 to 3, the Act came into force on 7 June 2005.

The International Organisations Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1870 (C. 80)) was made under section 11(4).

• Halsbury's Statutes,

• The International Organisations Act 2005, as amended from the National Archives.
• The International Organisations Act 2005, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
• Explanatory notes to the International Organisations Act 2005.