Commonwealth legislation

Diplomatic Immunities Regulations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

77 of 1956

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This is a brief 1956 regulation that extends legal protections to diplomats from the Federation of Malaya (the independent state that later became Malaysia).

What it does:

Declares that the Federation of Malaya is covered by the Diplomatic Immunities Act 1952.

Why it matters: The 1952 Act gives foreign diplomats "diplomatic immunity" (protection from being sued or prosecuted in Australian courts). This regulation ensures that Malayan diplomats posted to Australia receive those same protections. It was made in anticipation of Malaya's independence in 1957.

In short: A one-line administrative update adding a newly independent Commonwealth country to Australia's diplomatic immunity framework.

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Diplomatic Immunities Regulations

STATUTORY RULES.

1956. No. 77.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITIES ACT 1952.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Diplomatic Immunities Act 1952.

Dated this eighth day of November, 1956.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Signature of P.A. McBride

Acting for and on behalf of Minister of State for Defence, the Minister of State for External Affairs.

Diplomatic Immunities Regulations.

Citation.

These Regulations may be cited as the Diplomatic Immunities Regulations.

Federation of Malaya.

The Federation of Malaya is declared to be a country to which the Diplomatic Immunities Act 1952 applies.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1956.

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

5073/56.—Price 3d. 9/11.10.1956.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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