Commonwealth legislation

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

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Commonwealth

Act Number

6 of 1981

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These Regulations declare the Asia‑Pacific Telecommunity an international organisation under the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 and give it corporate legal personality with the ability to contract, hold property and sue or be sued. They affect the Telecommunity and any Australian parties that contract with or litigate against it by enabling the organisation to operate in Australia with the legal capacities and the privileges and immunities provided by the Act.

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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

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

Interpretation

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

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

Organization to have juridical personality and legal capacities

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: NOTE

Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 January 1981.

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1 Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 61

_______________

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (Privileges and
Immunities) Regulations

Dated 21 January 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

A. A. STREET

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

_______________

Citation

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

Interpretation

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

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

Organization to have juridical personality and legal capacities

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: NOTE

Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 January 1981.