Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) REGULATIONS 1997 No. 330 - REG 8

8. (1) Subject to subregulations (2), (4) and (5), a person who holds an
office in the Organisation, other than the office of a member of the Directing
Committee, has the privileges and immunities specified in items 1, 2, 3, 6 and
7 of Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.

(2) The salary and emoluments received from the Organisation for services
performed in Australia for the Organisation by a resident of Australia, within
the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, to whom subregulation (1)
applies are exempt from taxation only if:

   (a)  the person is not an Australian citizen or a person permanently
        resident in Australia; and

   (b)  the person came to Australia solely for the purpose of performing
        duties of the office in the Organisation.

(3) Subject to subregulation (4), a person who has ceased to hold an office in
the Organisation has the immunities specified in Part II of the Fourth
Schedule to the Act.

(4) The immunities conferred on a person by subregulation (1) or (3) do not
extend to immunity from a suit or other legal process:

   (a)  for the recovery of damages for any damage, injury or death resulting
        from an accident in which a motor vehicle owned or driven by the
        person was involved; or

   (b)  with respect to the commission of an offence under a provision of a
        law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, with respect to
        motor traffic, motor vehicles or the use of a motor vehicle.

(5) The privilege specified in item 3 of Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the
Act and conferred under subregulation (1) does not apply to a spouse or
dependent relative of the person.