Main residence of a person with diplomatic privilege or immunity

Occupied only by a person who is a diplomat, or a member of an international organisation headquartered in the UK

With effect from 1 April 1997, a dwelling is exempt if it is the main residence in the United Kingdom of at least one person on whom privileges and immunities are conferred by the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964, Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966, Consular Relations Act 1968 or Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1985. This situation also extends to a person within a class mentioned, in relation to a specified organisation, in the International Organisations Act 1968, or who is the head of an office established as described in the Hong Kong Economic Trade Act 1996.

The person must not be a British subject, a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen, a British protected person or a permanent resident in the United Kingdom, and must be a person who would have been liable for council tax were it not for this exemption.

If there is a resident with an interest in the property, which is superior, in terms of the hierarchy of liability, to that of the diplomat or other person concerned, the exemption does not apply

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