Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966

Long titleAn Act to make provision with respect to the Commonwealth Secretariat; and for connected purposes.

Citation1966 c. 10

Territorial extentUnited Kingdom

Royal assent10 March 1966

Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision with respect to the Commonwealth Secretariat; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1966 c. 10
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	10 March 1966
Commencement	1 July 1965[b]
Other legislation
Amended by	Social Security Act 1973 Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 British Nationality Act 1981 Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 Value Added Tax Act 1994 International Organisations Act 2005 Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966 (c. 10) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that established the legal character of the Secretariat of the Commonwealth of Nations. The act granted the Secretariat full legal immunity. It was applied retroactively to 1 July 1965, when the Secretariat was constituted.

Until the International Organisations Act 2005, the act did not grant employees of the Secretariat exemption from paying income tax, but this was granted with the passage of the later act.