Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1963 - SECT 9B

  (1)   The regulations may confer upon:

  (a)   a specified international tribunal; and

  (b)   the members and officials of a specified international tribunal; and

  (c)   experts and other persons engaged on missions by order of a specified international tribunal; and

  (d)   the agents, advocates and counsel of parties in cases before a specified international tribunal; and

  (e)   witnesses in cases before a specified international tribunal;

such privileges and immunities as are required to give effect to:

  (f)   if the instrument by which the international tribunal is established relates to the privileges and immunities at the international tribunal--that instrument; or

  (g)   if an agreement to which Australia and one or more other countries are parties relates to the privileges and immunities of the international tribunal--that agreement.

  (2)   This section and section   6 do not limit each other.

  (3)   In this section:

"international tribunal" means an international tribunal (however described) that:

  (a)   has a judicial or quasi - judicial character; and

  (b)   is established by or under an agreement to which Australia and one or more other countries are parties;

but does not include:

  (c)   the International Court of Justice established by the Charter of the United Nations; or

  (d)   the International Criminal Court.