Commonwealth legislation

International Jute Organization (Privileges and 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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

52 of 1984

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This regulation brings the International Jute Organization under the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 in Australia, giving it legal personality so it can enter contracts, hold and deal in property, and sue or be sued in its own name.

That status enables practical operations in Australia—bank accounts, leases, employment—and invokes the Act’s diplomatic-style protections and exemptions for the IJO’s official activities.

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International Jute Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

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Statutory Rules 1984 No. 521

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International Jute Organization (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 29 March 1984.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

B. HAYDEN

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

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Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the International Jute Organization (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 International Jute Organization.

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

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 April 1984.

Source text

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1 International Jute Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1984 No. 521

–––––––

International Jute Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

Dated 29 March 1984.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

B. HAYDEN

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

–––––––––

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the International Jute Organization (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 International Jute Organization.

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

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 April 1984.