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Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 1696
International Tribunals
The International Criminal Court (Libya) Order 2011
Made
13th July 2011
Laid before Parliament
18th July 2011
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
5th August 2011
Coming into force
13th July 2011
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of July 2011
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
In consequence of the referral of the situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya since 15 February 2011 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court by the United Nations Security Council by Resolution 1970 (2011), it is expedient to make the provision set out in this Order.
1. This Order may be cited as the International Criminal Court (Libya) Order 2011.
2. —(1) Any state or diplomatic immunity attaching to a person does not prevent proceedings under Part 2 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 in relation to that person.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to proceedings in relation to a person alleged to have committed an ICC crime, or to have been convicted by the ICC, as a result of the referral of the situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya since 15 February 2011 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court by the United Nations Security Council by Resolution 1970 (2011).
(3) The Secretary of State may in any particular case, after consultation with the ICC and the State concerned, direct that proceedings (or further proceedings) under Part 2 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 which, but for paragraph (1), would be prevented by state or diplomatic immunity attaching to a person shall not be taken against that person.
(4) In this Article, “the ICC” and “ICC crime” have the same meaning as in section 1(1) of the International Criminal Court Act 2001, and “state or diplomatic immunity” has the same meaning as in section 23(6) of that Act.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council