International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) (Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Regulations 2022
10Privileges and immunities of experts and former experts
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10 Privileges and immunities of experts and former experts
(1) For the purposes of subparagraph 6(1)(e)(i) of the Act, the privileges and immunities specified in paragraph 2 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Act are conferred, subject to subsection (3), upon a person who: (a) is an expert; and (b) is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia. (2) For the purposes of subparagraph 6(1)(e)(ii) of the Act, the immunities specified in Part II of the Fifth Schedule to the Act are conferred, subject to subsection (3), upon a person who: (a) has ceased to be an expert; and (b) is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia. (3) The immunities conferred on a person by subsection (1) or (2) do not extend to: (a) immunity from a suit or other legal process: (i) 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 (ii) with respect to the commission of an offence under a provision of a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, relating to motor traffic, motor vehicles or the use of a motor vehicle; or (b) immunity from personal arrest and detention if that person is found committing or attempting to commit, or has just committed, a serious offence.