International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities—Nauru Trust Fund) Regulations 2026
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International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities—Nauru Trust Fund) Regulations 2026
I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 5 March 2026
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Penny Wong
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
5 Definitions
6 Act applies to Fund
7 Legal personality and capacities of Fund
8 Privileges and immunities of Fund
Schedule 1—Repeals
International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities—Nauru Trust Fund) Regulation 2015
1 Name
This instrument is the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities—Nauru Trust Fund) Regulations 2026.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
- Commencement information
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
- Provisions Commencement Date/Details
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- The whole of this instrument 1 April 2026. 1 April 2026
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
5 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.
Fund means the Intergenerational Trust Fund for the People of the Republic of Nauru.
6 Act applies to Fund
For the purposes of subsection 5(1) of the Act, the Fund is declared to be an international organisation to which the Act applies.
7 Legal personality and capacities of Fund
For the purposes of subparagraph 6(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the Fund is a body corporate with perpetual succession and has the legal capacity to:
(a) enter into contracts; and
(b) acquire and dispose of property; and
(c) institute legal proceedings; and
(d) take other action to protect the assets of the Fund.
8 Privileges and immunities of Fund
For the purposes of subparagraph 6(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, the Fund has the following privileges and immunities:
(a) exemption from currency and exchange restrictions;
(b) exemption of the Fund, its property and its assets from income tax.
Schedule 1—Repeals
International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities—Nauru Trust Fund) Regulation 2015
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument.