SCHEDULE 1 Provisions of Vienna Convention Having the Force of Law in the United Kingdom
Consular Relations Act 1968 (1968 c 18) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 1 Provisions of Vienna Convention Having the Force of Law in the United Kingdom

Section 1

Article 1

Definitions

1

For the purposes of the present Convention, the following expressions shall have the meaning hereunder assigned to them:

(a)     “consular post†means any consulate-general, consulate, vice-consulate or consular agency;

(b)     “consular district†means the area assigned to a consular post for the exercise of consular functions;

(c)     “head of consular post†means the person charged with the duty of acting in that capacity;

(d)     “consular officer†means any person, including the head of a consular post, entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions;

(e)     “consular employee†means any person employed in the administrative or technical service of a consular post;

(f)     “member of the service staff†means any person employed in the domestic service of a consular post;

(g)     “members of the consular post†means consular officers, consular employees and members of the service staff;

(h)     “members of the consular staff†means consular officers, other than the head of a consular post, consular employees and members of the service staff;

(i)     “member of the private staff†means a person who is employed exclusively

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