1INTELSAT (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

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Statutory Rules 1984 No. 2831

INTELSAT (Privileges and Immunities)

Regulations

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government 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 4 October 1984.

(sgd) James Ramsay

Administrator

By His Excellency's Command,

(Sgd) B. Hayden

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the INTELSAT (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears

“the Act” means the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963;

“the Organization” means the international telecommunications satellite organization 'INTELSAT'.

Act to apply to Organization

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

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Organization to have juridical personality and legal capacities

4. The Organization

(a) is a body corporate;

(b) has the capacity to contract; and

(c) is capable of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property and of instituting legal proceedings.

Privileges and immunities of the Organization

5. (1) Subject to sub-regulations (2) and (3), the Organization has the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 6 and 7 of the First Schedule to the Act.

(2) The Organization is not, by virtue of sub-regulation (1), exempt from such national, regional or municipal dues and taxes in respect of the premises of the Organization, whether owned or leased, as represent payment for specific services rendered.

(3) Where goods are imported, manufactured or purchased by the Organization, sub-regulation (1) does not operate to prevent sales tax being payable in relation to the goods by the Organization or by any other person.

Waiver of privileges and immunities

6. The Organization may waive any privileges and immunities to which the Organization is entitled by virtue of the Act or these Regulations.

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