Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) REGULATIONS 1996 - NOTES

Statutory Rules 1996 No. 24 as amended

made under the

International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963

This compilation was prepared on 10 August 2000
taking into account amendments up to SR 2000 No. 201

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

World Trade Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 1996

Statutory Rules 1996 No. 24 as amended

made under the

International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963

Contents

Page

 1 Name of Regulations [ see Note 1] 

 2 Definitions 

 3 Application of the Act to the WTO  

 4 WTO has legal personality and capacity  

 5 Privileges and immunities of the WTO  

 6 Privileges and immunities of Director-General  

 7 Privileges and immunities of certain representatives at conferences convened by the WTO              

 8 Privileges and immunities of certain WTO officers  

 9 Immunities of other staff members  

 9A Indirect tax concession scheme  -- acquisitions 

 9B Indirect tax concession scheme  -- conditions 

 9C Indirect tax concession scheme  -- claims for payment 

 9D Indirect tax concession scheme  -- manner of payment 

 10 Waiver of privileges and immunities  

 11 Application of laws about quarantine, importation and exportation              

 12 Delegation 

Notes 

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the World Trade Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 1996 .

2 Definitions

  In these Regulations:

Act means the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

Director-General means the Director-General of the WTO.

member of the family or family member, in relation to a person (the first person), means a person who is:

 (a) a part of the first person's household; and

 (b) any of the following members of the first person's family:

 (i) the first person's spouse;

 (ii) an unmarried child who is under the age of 21 years;

 (iii) an unmarried child who is under the age of 25 years and is undertaking full-time studies at an Australian educational institution;

 (iv) an unmarried child who is incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental disability.

office means an office of the WTO.

taxable supply has the meaning given by section 195-1 of the GST Act.

tax invoice has the meaning given by section 29-70 of the GST Act.

WTO means the organisation known as the World Trade Organization that was established by the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994.