International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) (Declaration of Organisation for Joint Armament Co‑operation Related Meetings) Regulations 2022

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 01 September 2022

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Penny Wong

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Act applies to OCCAR

6 Privileges and immunities apply to OCCAR meetings

1  Name

  This instrument is the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) (Declaration of Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation Related Meetings) Regulations 2022.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

4  Definitions

Note: The expression international conference is used in this instrument and is defined in the Act.

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

OCCAR means the Organisation for Joint Armament Co‑operation.

OCCAR meeting means an international conference relating to OCCAR.

5  Act applies to OCCAR

  For the purposes of subsection 5A(1) of the Act, OCCAR is declared to be an overseas organisation to which the Act applies.

6  Privileges and immunities apply to OCCAR meetings

  For the purposes of subsection 7(1) of the Act, OCCAR meetings held in Australia after the commencement of this instrument are declared to be conferences to which section 7 of the Act applies.

Note: This section will cease to be in force 12 months after the commencement of this instrument (see subsection 7(4) of the Act).