CONSOLIDATION

Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units Privileges and Immunities Order

SOR/2007-67

Current to June 20, 2022



OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units Privileges and Immunities Order

Interpretation

Privileges and Immunities

Coming into Force

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Registration SOR/2007-67 March 29, 2007

FOREIGN MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ACT Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Privileges and Immunities Order

P.C. 2007-434

Units

March 29, 2007

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 5a of the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Actb, hereby makes the annexed Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units Privileges and Immunities Order.

a

S.C. 2002, c. 12, ss. 3 and 10

b

S.C. 1991, c. 41

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Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units Privileges and Immunities Order

Interpretation 1 The following definitions apply in this Order.

United Nations Convention means the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations set out in Schedule III to the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act. (Convention des Nations Unies) Organization means the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. (Organisation) Vienna Convention means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations set out in Schedule I to the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act. (Convention de Vienne)

Privileges and Immunities 2 (1) The Organization shall have in Canada the legal capacities of a body corporate and the privileges and immunities set out in Articles II and III of the United Nations Convention. (2) Officials of the Organization shall have in Canada, to

the extent that may be required for the exercise of their functions in relation to the Organization, the privileges and immunities set out in section 18 of Article V of the United Nations Convention. (3) In addition to the privileges and immunities accorded to officials under subsection (2), the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Organization, together with the members of his or her family forming part of his or her household, shall have in Canada privileges and immunities comparable to the privileges and immunities accorded to diplomatic agents and the members of their families forming part of their households under the Vienna Convention. 3 The privileges and immunities referred to in subsections 2(2) and (3) do not apply to Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada in respect of their liability for taxes or duties imposed by any law in Canada. 4 This Order does not restrict the capacity of the Government of Canada to refuse officials of the Organization

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entry to Canada or to exclude them from Canada, for reasons linked to national security.

Coming into Force 5 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

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