Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) AMENDMENT ACT 1982 No. 4 of 1982 - SECT 5

5. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (1) (b) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

''(b) a mission is, or is to be, sent by-

        (i)    a country other than Australia; or

        (ii)   an international organization to which this Act applies or an
               overseas organization to which this Act applies,

to Australia or to a Territory of the Commonwealth,'';

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (2) (a) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

''(a) a person who is, or has been, a representative of-

        (i)    a country other than Australia; or

        (ii)   an international organization to which this Act applies or an
               overseas organization to which this Act applies,

at the conference or on the mission is, in respect of the period in which he
is, or has been, such a representative, entitled to the privileges and
immunities accorded to an envoy;''; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(3) A person who is, or has been, in attendance at an
international conference, or engaged on a mission, to which this section
applies as a representative, or as a member of the official staff of a
representative, of-

   (a)  a country other than Australia; or

   (b)  an international organization to which this Act applies or an overseas
        organization to which this Act applies,

during a period when he is or was an Australian citizen, is not entitled under
sub-section (2) to any privileges or immunities in respect of that period,
except in respect of acts and things done in his capacity as such a
representative or member.''.