{"id":"F1997B01682","name":"Asian and Pacific Development Centre (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations","slug":"asian-and-pacific-development-centre-privileges-and-immunities-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"132 of 1983","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29296,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1997B01682-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Asian and Pacific Development Centre (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules 1983 No. 1321\n\nAsian and Pacific Development Centre (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations\n\nI, 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.\n\nDated 28 July 1983.\n\nN. M. STEPHEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Signature of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs](image.002.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for\n\nForeign Affairs\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Asian and Pacific Development Centre (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations.\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“the Act” means the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963;\n\n“the Organization” means the Asian and Pacific Development Centre.\n\nAct to apply to Organization\n\n3. The Organization is declared to be an international organization to which the Act applies.\n\nOrganization to have juridical personality and legal capacities\n\n4. The Organization—\n\n(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession;\n\nS.R. 27/83 Cat. No. Recommended retail price 20c 12/10.2.1 1983\n\n  \n\n(b) has the capacity to contract; and\n\n(c) is capable, in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property and of instituting legal proceedings.\n\nNOTE\n\n1\\. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 August 1983.\n\nPrinted by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: conferring legal personality and immunities on a specific international organization. There is no evidence of scope creep — the instrument simply applies the existing International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 to the Asian and Pacific Development Centre without expanding beyond this narrow, technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 4 operative provisions plus citation and interpretation","Minimal defined terms — only 2 definitions ('the Act' and 'the Organization')","No cross-references beyond the single parent Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Straightforward declaratory structure — essentially just 'switching on' existing legislative framework"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations grant special legal status to the Asian and Pacific Development Centre, an international organization based in the Asia-Pacific region. Here's what this means in practice:\n\n**What it does:**\n- Declares the Asian and Pacific Development Centre to be an \"international organization\" under Australian law, which triggers automatic legal protections under the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963\n- Gives the Centre its own legal identity separate from its member countries or staff — it can own property, sign contracts, and sue or be sued in court just like a company\n- Ensures the Centre can operate in Australia (and Australian officials can work with it) without getting tangled in bureaucratic red tape\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- The Asian and Pacific Development Centre itself — it gets corporate status and legal protections\n- Australian government agencies that interact with the Centre\n- Potentially Australian staff working for the Centre, who may receive tax and legal immunities through the parent Act\n\n**Why it matters:**\nInternational organizations need legal protections to function independently from any single member country. Without this status, the Centre couldn't easily lease office space, hire staff, or operate bank accounts in Australia. This regulation essentially rolls out the red carpet for the Centre to do business in Australia while respecting its international status."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These Regulations do not broaden or narrow the substantive privileges and immunities themselves; they (a) declare the Asian and Pacific Development Centre to be an international organization to which the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 applies (regulation 3) and (b) confer corporate personality and basic legal capacities (regulation 4). Any detail on the extent or limits of privileges and immunities remains governed by the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, narrowly focused instrument (4 provisions) limiting scope to one organisation.","Primary effect is declaratory (declares Organisation covered by existing Act) rather than creating new regulatory regimes.","Substantive details of privileges, immunities and procedures are contained in the parent Act (International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963), so understanding full effect requires cross-reference.","No delegated regulatory powers, administrative procedures, or compliance mechanisms created here.","Legal effect interacts with third-party contract and property law—simple in form but may generate routine legal questions in practice (e.g. enforceability of judgments against Organisation)."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations add the Asian and Pacific Development Centre to the list of bodies covered by the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 and give the Centre corporate legal personality: perpetual succession, the ability to enter contracts, hold and dispose of property, and to sue or be sued in its own name. That changes how the Centre interacts with Australian law and with private parties: its transactions and disputes will be conducted by the entity as a legal person, and the privileges and immunities in the Act will apply to it."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/asian-and-pacific-development-centre-privileges-and-immunities-regulations","history":"/api/acts/asian-and-pacific-development-centre-privileges-and-immunities-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/asian-and-pacific-development-centre-privileges-and-immunities-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/asian-and-pacific-development-centre-privileges-and-immunities-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/asian-and-pacific-development-centre-privileges-and-immunities-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/asian-and-pacific-development-centre-privileges-and-immunities-regulations/documents"}}