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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The European Union and European Atomic Energy Community (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 2021 No. 347
16.—(1) The personal baggage of Diplomatic Agents and their Family Members is exempt from inspection, unless there are serious grounds for presuming that it contains articles other than those for their personal use or the official use of the Delegation, including articles intended for their establishment, or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by the law of the United Kingdom or controlled by its quarantine regulations.
(2) Such inspection must be conducted only in the presence of the Diplomatic Agent or Family Member concerned, or their authorised representative.
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