International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 1998 1998 No. 250
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1998 No. 250
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Foreign Affairs
International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 1998
Section 13 of the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) was established by an Agreement on the Establishment of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute on 9 October 1991 (Agreement). Australia's Instrument of Accession was deposited on 2 October 1994. The Agreement entered into force on 1 November 1994.
The Agreement requires parties to recognize the international legal personality of IPGRI.
The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 1998 declare IPGRI to be an "international organisation" to which the Act applies, and confer upon IPGRI legal personality and capacity to enable it to exercise its powers and perform its functions in Australia.
The Regulations will commence on gazettal.