Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 61

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Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (Privileges and

Immunities) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

 Dated 21 January 1981.

 ZELMAN COWEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

A. A. STREET

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

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Citation

 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations.

Interpretation

 2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“the Act” means the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963;

“the Organization” means the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity.

Act to apply to Organization

 3.The Organization is declared to be an international organization to which the Act applies.

Organization to have juridical personality and legal capacities

 4. The Organization—

• (a)

  is a body corporate with perpetual succession;

• (b)

  has the capacity to contract; and

• (c)

  is capable, in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property and of instituting legal proceedings.

 

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette