Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1963 - SECT 5A

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), the regulations may declare:

                     (a)  an organisation the members of which are overseas countries in a particular geographical region;

                     (b)  an organisation that is constituted by persons representing overseas countries in a particular geographical region; or

                     (c)  an organisation established, or a group of organisations constituted, by:

                              (i)  organisations the members of which are overseas countries in a particular geographical region; or

                             (ii)  organisations that are constituted by persons representing overseas countries in a particular geographical region;

to be an overseas organisation to which this Act applies.

             (2)  An organisation shall not be declared by the regulations to be an overseas organisation to which this Act applies if:

                     (a)  Australia is a member of the organisation; or

                     (b)  the organisation is constituted by a person or persons representing Australia and a person or persons representing a country or countries other than Australia.