
1 
This Order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Privileges and Immunities) (Republic of Austria) Order 1970 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1971.
2 
The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3 
The like exemption from dues and taxes as is accorded under Article 32 in Schedule 1 to the Act to the residence of the career head of a consular post shall be extended to the residence of a career consular officer or a consular employee of the Republic of Austria of which the Republic of Austria or any person acting on its behalf is the owner or lessee.
4 
A consular bag exchanged between a consular officer of the Republic of Austria in the United Kingdom and the Government, a diplomatic mission or another consular post of the Republic of Austria shall be accorded the treatment which is accorded to a diplomatic bag by Article 27 in Schedule 1 to the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964.
W.G. Agnew
