NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence Rights, Privileges and Immunities Order (SOR/2023-183)
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NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence Rights, Privileges and Immunities Order
SOR/2023-183
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION) ACT
Registration 2023-08-17
NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence Rights, Privileges and Immunities Order
P.C. 2023-829 2023-08-17
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, makes the annexed NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence Rights, Privileges and Immunities Order under sections 4Footnote a and 5Footnote a of the Privileges and Immunities (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) ActFootnote b.
Return to footnote aS.C. 2023, c. 26, s. 266
Return to footnote bR.S., c. P-24
Definitions
Marginal note:Definitions
1 The following definitions apply in this Order.
- CCASCOE
CCASCOE means the NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence. (CECCS)
- international personnel
international personnel means the personnel assigned to the CCASCOE by a participating NATO member state, other than by Canada. (personnel international)
Rights, Privileges and Immunities
Marginal note:Legal capacity
2 The CCASCOE has the legal capacity of a corporation.
Marginal note:Privileges and immunities
3 (1) The CCASCOE has, to the extent required to perform its functions, the privileges and immunities set out in articles 8 and 12 of the Paris Protocol.
Marginal note:Inviolability
(2) In accordance with article 13 of the Paris Protocol, the archives and other official documents of the CCASCOE are inviolable.
Marginal note:International personnel
4 (1) International personnel have, to the extent required to perform their functions, the following privileges and immunities:
(a) those set out in paragraph 1 of article 7 of the Paris Protocol; and
(b) to the extent set out in article 8 of the Paris Protocol, those set out in paragraphs 5 to 10 of article XI of the Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the Status of their Forces, done at London on 19 June, 1951.
Marginal note:Other individuals
(2) Personnel of Supreme Headquarters or of Allied Headquarters, as defined in paragraphs (b) and (c) of article 1 of the Paris Protocol respectively, and of other international military Headquarters or organizations established under the North Atlantic Treaty also benefit from the privileges and immunities set out in subsection (1), to the extent required to perform their functions.
Marginal note:Waiver
5 (1) Article 6 of the Paris Protocol applies to all indemnity claims in Canada.
Marginal note:Civil liability — international personnel
(2) Sections 15, 17 and 19 of the Visiting Forces Act apply to the CCASCOE with any necessary adaptations.
Marginal note:No tax exemption to Canadians residing in Canada
6 Nothing in this Order exempts a Canadian citizen, residing or ordinarily resident in Canada, from liability for any taxes or duties imposed by any law in Canada.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Registration
7 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.
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