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Foreign States Immunities Act 1985
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C2025C00636 C06
08 November 2025
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Interpretation
4 External Territories
5 Act to bind Crown
6 Savings of other laws
7 Application
8 Application to courts
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Part II—Immunity from jurisdiction
9 General immunity from jurisdiction
10 Submission to jurisdiction
11 Commercial transactions
12 Contracts of employment
13 Personal injury and damage to property
13A State terrorism
14 Ownership, possession and use of property etc.
15 Copyright, patents, trade marks etc.
16 Membership of bodies corporate etc.
17 Arbitrations
18 Actions in rem
19 Bills of exchange
20 Taxes
21 Related proceedings
22 Application of Part to separate entities
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Part III—Service and judgments
23 Service of initiating process by agreement
24 Service through the diplomatic channel
25 Other service ineffective
26 Waiver of objection to service
26A Judgments and orders in ex parte proceedings
27 Judgments or orders in default of appearance
28 Enforcement of judgments and orders in default of appearance
29 Power to grant relief
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Part IV—Enforcement
30 Immunity from execution
31 Waiver of immunity from execution
32 Execution against commercial property
33 Execution against immovable property etc.
33A Execution in so far as proceeding etc. concerns state terrorism
34 Restrictions on certain other relief
35 Application of Part to separate entities
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Part V—Miscellaneous
36 Heads of foreign States
37 Effect of agreements on separate entities
38 Power to set aside process etc.
39 Discovery
40 Certificate as to foreign State etc.
41 Certificate as to use
42 Restrictions and extensions of immunities and privileges—general
42A Extension of immunities—emergency prevention and management
43 Regulations
Schedule
Form 1
Form 2
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
