Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament und er section 10(1) of the International 
Organisations Act 1968, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament. 
D R A F T  S C O T T I S H  S T A T U T O R Y  I N S T R U M E N T S  
2021 No.  
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES 
The International Organisations (Immunities and Pri vileges) 
(Scotland) Revocation Order 2021 
Made  - - - - 2021 
Coming into force - - 2021 
 
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the     day of     
Present, 
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council 
This Order is made in exercise of the powers confer red by sections 1(2) and 5(1) of the 
International Organisations Act 1968( a) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty to do s o. 
In accordance with section 10(1) of that Act, a dra ft of this instrument has been laid before and 
approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament( b). 
Accordingly, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with th e advice of Her Privy Council, to order as 
follows: 
Citation and commencement 
1.  This Order may be cited as the International Organ isations (Immunities and Privileges) 
(Scotland) Revocation Order 2021 and comes into for ce on the day after the day on which it is 
made. 
                                                                                                                                            
(a) 1968 c.48.  Section 1 was amended by the Internat ional Organisations Act 1981 (c.9) and S.I. 2005/35 42. 
(b) The function of approving a draft of an Order in Council under section 10 of that Act has transferre d to the Scottish 
Parliament under section 118 of the Scotland Act 19 98 (c.46) in so far as the function is exercisable within devolved 
competence.  Section 118(4) of that Act provides th at any reference in a pre-commencement enactment to  a requirement for 
a draft instrument to be approved by either or both  Houses of Parliament (as specified in section 118( 2)) is to be taken to be, 
in relation to the exercise of a devolved function by a person other than a Minister of the Crown, a m ember of the Scottish 
Government or a Scottish public authority with mixe d functions or no reserved functions, a reference t o the Scottish 
Parliament.  Section 118(4) accordingly includes th e powers exercisable by Her Majesty in Council.  2Revocation 
2.  Schedule 17 of the International Organisations (Im munities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 
2009( a) is revoked. 
3.  The International Organisations (Immunities and Pr ivileges) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) 
Order 2017( b) is revoked. 
 
 
 
 
 Name  
 Clerk of the Privy Council 
                                                                                                                                            
(a) S.S.I. 2009/44, amended by S.S.I. 2010/186, S.S.I . 2015/421, S.S.I. 2017/431 and S.S.I. 2017/447.  S chedule 17 was 
inserted by S.S.I. 2017/447. 
(b) S.S.I. 2017/447.  3EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part of the Order) 
This Order amends the International Organisations ( Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 
2009 (S.S.I. 2009/44) (“the 2009 Order”) to revoke schedule 17.  This Order also revokes the 
International Organisations (Immunities and Privile ges) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 
2017 (S.S.I. 2017/447) (“the 2017 Order”). 
The 2017 Order amended the 2009 Order to confer imm unities and privileges, insofar as they are 
within devolved competence, upon the Unified Patent  Court and its representatives, judges, 
registrars and employees. 
On 20 July 2020 the United Kingdom withdrew its rat ification of the Agreement on a Unified 
Patent Court and the Protocol on Privileges and Imm unities of the Unified Patent Court done in 
Brussels on 26 June 2016.  This Order therefore rev okes the immunities and privileges which were 
conferred by the 2017 Order. 
Immunities and privileges in relation to reserved m atters are granted by the Unified Patent Court 
(Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1 84) (“the 2018 Order”).  This Order should be 
read together with forthcoming legislation revoking  the immunities and privileges granted in the 
2018 Order. 
  
  
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