Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1996 No. 197 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) REGULATIONS - REG 6

6. (1) The office of Secretary-General is a high office in the Institute for
the purposes of subparagraph 6 (1) (b) (i) of the Act.

(2) Subject to subregulations (4) and (5), a person who holds, or is
performing the duties of, the office of Secretary-General has the privileges
and immunities specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Act.

(3) Subject to subregulation (5), a person who has ceased to hold, or perform
the duties of, the office of Secretary-General has the immunities specified in
Part II of the Second Schedule to the Act.

(4) The privileges and immunities conferred on a person under subregulation
(2) do not apply to a child of the person if the child:

   (a)  has attained the age of 18 years; or

   (b)  ceases to be a dependant of the person.

(5) Subject to subregulation (6), the privileges and immunities conferred on a
person by subregulation (2), or the immunities conferred on a person by
subregulation (3), do not extend to a person who is an Australian citizen or a
permanent resident of Australia.

(6) Subregulation (5) does not affect immunity from a suit or other legal
process in relation to actions of a person undertaken in performing the duties
of the office of Secretary-General.