Statutory Rules
1984 No. 2831
INTELSAT
(Privileges and Immunities)
Regulations
I, THE
ADMINISTRATOR of the Government 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
4 October 1984.
(sgd) James Ramsay
Administrator
By His Excellency's Command,
(Sgd)
B. Hayden
Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as
the INTELSAT (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 international telecommunications satellite organization
'INTELSAT'.
Act to apply to
Organization
3. The Organization is
declared to be an international organization to which the Act applies.
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Organization to have
juridical personality and legal capacities
4. The Organization
(a) is a body corporate;
(b) has the capacity to contract;
and
(c)
is capable of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property
and of instituting legal proceedings.
Privileges and
immunities of the Organization
5. (1) Subject to
sub-regulations (2) and (3), the Organization has the privileges and immunities
specified in paragraphs 6 and 7 of the First Schedule to the Act.
(2) The Organization is not,
by virtue of sub-regulation (1), exempt from such national, regional or
municipal dues and taxes in respect of the premises of the Organization,
whether owned or leased, as represent payment for specific services rendered.
(3) Where goods are
imported, manufactured or purchased by the Organization, sub-regulation (1)
does not operate to prevent sales tax being payable in relation to the goods by
the Organization or by any other person.
Waiver of privileges and
immunities
6. The Organization may
waive any privileges and immunities to which the Organization is entitled by
virtue of the Act or these Regulations.
NOTE
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12
October 1984.
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