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DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES ACT 1967 - SECT 10B

Indirect tax concession scheme

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  an acquisition covered by a determination of the Minister is made:

                              (i)  by or on behalf of the head of a mission; or

                             (ii)  by a member of the mission, a member of the family of such a person or another person, who is;

                            covered by a determination of the Minister; and

                     (b)  at the time of the acquisition, it was intended for:

                              (i)  the official use of the mission; or

                             (ii)  a use covered by a determination of the Minister;

the Commissioner must, on behalf of the Commonwealth and subject to subsection (3), pay to the head of the mission (or a person in a class of persons determined by the Minister) an amount equal to the amount of indirect tax payable (if any) in respect of the supply of that acquisition.

             (2)  A claim for an amount covered by subsection (1) must be in the approved form.

             (3)  The amount is payable:

                     (a)  in accordance with the conditions and limitations; and

                     (b)  within the period and in the manner;

determined by the Minister.

             (4)  A determination under this section is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

             (5)  In this section:

"mission" includes an international organisation that has been declared by the regulations for the purposes of section 5A.



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