Commonwealth legislation

International Cocoa Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations (Repeal)

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

260 of 1991

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This regulation cancels (repeals) older laws that gave special legal protections to the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO).

What it does:

Removes the International Cocoa Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations made in 1973
Those older laws had granted the ICCO and its staff privileges and immunities — special legal protections from certain Australian laws and taxes (similar to diplomatic protections)
Made under the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963

Who it affects:

The International Cocoa Organization (an international body dealing with cocoa trade)
Staff and representatives of the organization who previously held protected status

Why it matters:

The ICCO no longer enjoys special legal status, tax exemptions, or legal immunities in Australia
The organization and its personnel are now subject to ordinary Australian laws rather than the protections previously granted under the 1963 Act

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Statutory Rules 1991 No. 2601

International Cocoa Organization

(Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

(Repeal)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulation under the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

Dated 23 August 1991.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

GARETH EVANS

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade

1. Repeal of the International Cocoa Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

1.1 Statutory Rules 1973 No. 198 are repealed.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 August 1991.

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