Extended meaning of internationally protected person
(1)
For the purposes of this Act, the definition of internationally protected
person in paragraph 1 of article 1 of the Convention has effect as if the
reference in that definition to a Head of State included, in relation to
Australia, the Governor-General.
(2)
For the purposes of this Act, the
definition of internationally protected person in paragraph 1 of article 1 of
the Convention has effect as if that definition included, in prescribed
circumstances, the following persons:
(a)
a prescribed representative or
official of Australia;
(b)
a prescribed representative or official of a
prescribed state other than Australia;
(c)
a prescribed official or agent of
a prescribed international organisation, where the organisation is of an
intergovernmental character;
a member of the family of a person covered
by paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), where the family member is part of the
person's household.
Note 1: A person may be prescribed by name, by
reference to the holding of a specified office or position or by reference to
membership of a specified class.
Note 2: A thing may be prescribed by name or
by reference to membership of a specified class.
(3)
The Governor-General
may make regulations for the purposes of this section.
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