Commonwealth legislation

International Tropical Timber Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

477 of 1984

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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These Regulations declare the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) to be an "international organization" under the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 and make that Act apply to the ITTO (reg 3). They also give the ITTO corporate legal personality, the capacity to contract, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, and to institute legal proceedings in its corporate name (reg 4), enabling the ITTO to enter legal relationships and hold assets in Australia.

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International Tropical Timber Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations

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Statutory Rules 1984 No. 4771

International Tropical Timber 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 21 December 1984.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd) Bill Hayden

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the International Tropical Timber 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 Tropical Timber Organization.

Act to apply to Organization

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

Organization to have juridicial 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.

S.R.258/84—Cat. No. —Recommended retail price 20c 10/25.10.1984

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 January 1985.

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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