The International Organisations Act 2005 (c 20) is an Act of the

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. Its purpose is to enable the

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to fulfil a number of international commitments.

Section 1 - Commonwealth Secretariat

This section relates to the

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Section 2 - Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal

Section 2 relates to the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal.

Section 4 - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

This section relates to the

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Section 5 - Bodies established under Treaty on European Union

This section inserts section 4B of the

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Section 6 - International Criminal Court

This section amends the

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Section 7 - European Court of Human Rights

This section provides that section 5 of the

applies to members of the family of a judge of the

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as it applies to a judge of that court.

Section 8 - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

This section provides that the

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is to be treated, for the purposes of section 1 of the

, as an organisation of which the United Kingdom, or Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and at least one other sovereign Power, or the Government of such a Power, are members.

Section 11 - Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent

Section 11(3) provides that, except for sections 1 to 3, the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means

calendar month A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a physi ...

s. The day (that is to say, 7 April 2005) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months.Hare v Gocher

962 Year 962 ( CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * December – Arab–Byzantine wars – Sack of Aleppo: A Byzantine e ...

2 QB 641,

2 All ER 673; Trow v Ind Coope (West Midlands) Ltd

967 Year 967 ( CMLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – Emperor Otto I (the Great) calls for a council at Rome, to present the ne ...

2 QB 899 at 909,

2 All ER 900, CA. This means that, except for sections 1 to 3, the Act came into force on 7 June 2005.
The International Organisations Act 2005 (Commencement) Order 2005
(S.I. 2005/1870 (C. 80)) was made under section 11(4).

References

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External links

The International Organisations Act 2005
as amended from the National Archives.
The International Organisations Act 2005
as originally enacted from the National Archives.
Explanatory notes
to the International Organisations Act 2005. {{Authority control United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2005