Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) Subject to subregulation (4), a technical expert who is not a citizen or permanent resident of Australia has the privileges and immunities specified in Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Act, other than items 2A and 4 of that Part.
(2) Subject to subregulation (4), a technical expert who is a citizen or permanent resident of Australia has the privileges and immunities mentioned in items 2 and 3 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Act.
(3) Subject to subregulation (4), a person who has ceased to be a technical expert has the privileges and immunities mentioned in Part II of the Fifth Schedule to the Act.
(4) Immunity from suit and other legal processes under this regulation does not include immunity:
(a) from civil or administrative proceedings arising out of death, damage or personal injury resulting from an accident in which a motor vehicle owned or driven by the technical expert was involved; or
(b) from proceedings with respect to the commission of an offence under a provision of a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, with respect to motor traffic, motor vehicles or the use of a motor vehicle; or
(c) from civil proceedings in relation to debts due to the Commonwealth.