S.L. 191.6 Art. 3Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Cap. 217. For the (a) Sea (b) the (c) (d) (e) (f) of the (g) staff (h) The Tribunal (a) to (b) to (c) to The premises be agreed with the The Tribunal vehicles used for 1. The any particular that no waive

(1) The Articles set out in the Schedule to this Order (being Articles of the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, adopted in

1997) shall have the same force of law in Malta and shall for the purpose be construed in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) The Articles referred to in subarticle (1) appear in the Schedule in the English language only and are being published with the English text of this Order.

(3) In those Articles -"any State Party", "each State Party", "the State Party", "the State Party concerned" shall be construed as meaning Malta; "States Parties" shall be construed as including Malta;

"the State Party of which he or she is a national" shall be construed as meaning a Maltese national;

"a national" shall be construed as meaning a citizen of Malta; "permanent resident" shall be construed as meaning a person in favour of whom a permit of residence has been issued in accordance with the provisions contained in article 7 of the Immigration Act; "appropriate authorities of States Parties" shall be construed as including the Malta Police and the Armed Forces of Malta.

(4) The references in Articles 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21 and 22, to the extent to which any privileges and immunities are accorded or granted, shall be construed as referring respectively to the extent to which any privileges and immunities may be specified by the Minister by order published in the Government Gazette. Article 1

Use of terms purposes of this Agreement: "Convention" means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the of 10 December 1982; "Statute" means the Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of Sea in Annex VI to the Convention; "States Parties" means States Parties to this Agreement; "Tribunal" means the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; "Member of the Tribunal" means an elected member of the Tribunal or a person chosen under article 17 of the Statute for the purpose of a particular case; "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Tribunal and includes any official Tribunal acting as Registrar; "officials of the Tribunal" means the Registrar and other members of the of the Registry; "Vienna Convention" means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961. Article 2

Juridical personality of the Tribunal shall possess juridical personality. It shall have the capacity: contract; acquire and dispose of immovable and movable property; institute legal proceedings.

Article 3 Inviolability of the premises of the Tribunal of the Tribunal shall be inviolable, subject to such conditions as may State Party concerned. Article 4

Flag and emblem shall be entitled to display its flag and emblem at its premises and on official purposes. Article 5 Immunity of the Tribunal, its property, assets and funds

Tribunal shall enjoy immunity from legal process, except insofar as in case it has expressly waived its immunity. It is, however, understood immunity shall extend to any measure of execution. property, assets and funds of the Tribunal, wherever located and by