13Privileges and immunities of experts working with Commission

13 Privileges and immunities of experts working with Commission

(1) Subject to subregulations (4) and (5), an expert, not being a person to whom subregulation 11(1) or 12(1) applies, has the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Act. (2) Subject to subregulation (5), an expert who has served on a committee, or participated in the work, of the Commission or performed a mission on behalf of the Commission has the immunities specified in Part II of the Fifth Schedule to the Act. (3) An expert who is not: (a) an Australian citizen; or (b) a person permanently resident in Australia; has, in addition to the privileges and immunities referred to in subregulation (1), the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 1, 5 and 6 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Act. (4) The immunities conferred on an expert by subregulation (1) do not extend to immunity from personal arrest and detention if that person is found committing or attempting to commit, or has just committed, a serious offence. (5) The immunities conferred on an expert by subregulation (1) or (2) do not extend to immunity from a suit or other legal process: (a) for the recovery of damages for any damage, injury or death resulting from an accident in which a motor vehicle owned or driven by the person was involved; or (b) with respect to the commission of an offence under a provision of a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, relating to motor traffic, motor vehicles or the use of a motor vehicle.