International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities—Timor Sea Proceedings) Regulations 2017 (Cth)

International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities—Timor Sea Proceedings) Regulations 2017

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 18 May 2017

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Julie Bishop

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities—Timor Sea Proceedings) Regulations 2017.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	20 May 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

4Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

Conciliation Commission: see section 5.

conciliation proceedings: see section 5.

5Application of this instrument

This instrument applies in relation to:

1. (a)

   the Conciliation Proceedings between the Democratic Republic of Timor‑Leste and the Commonwealth of Australia pursuant to Article 298 and Annex V of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Permanent Court of Arbitration Case No. 2016‑10) (the conciliation proceedings); and

2. (b)

   the Commission (the Conciliation Commission) appointed by the Terms of Appointment signed by the Democratic Republic of Timor‑Leste, the Commonwealth of Australia and the Permanent Court of Arbitration on 28 July 2016 for the purposes of the conciliation proceedings.

6Members of the Conciliation Commission and other persons

1. (1)

   For the purposes of section 9B of the Act, the same privileges and immunities as are accorded to diplomatic agents under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations are conferred upon the following persons in relation to actions undertaken in the course of, or for the purposes of, the conciliation proceedings:

   1. (a)

      the members of the Conciliation Commission;

   2. (b)

      the staff of the International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration;

   3. (c)

      other persons, including technical experts, engaged by the Conciliation Commission.

   Note: A copy of the English text of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is set out in the Schedule to the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967.

2. (2)

   Paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) do not apply in relation to Australian citizens.