Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1996 No. 229 INTERNATIONAL SEA-BED AUTHORITY (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) REGULATIONS - REG 7

7. (1) Subject to subregulations (3) and (4), a person who is accredited to,
or attends, a meeting convened by the Authority as a representative of a
country other than Australia has the privileges and immunities specified in
items 2, 5, 6 and 7 of Part I of the Third Schedule to the Act.

(2) Subject to subregulations (3) and (4), a person who has ceased to be
accredited to, or who has attended, a meeting convened by the Authority as a
representative of a country other than Australia has the immunities specified
in Part II of the Third Schedule to the Act.

(3) The immunities conferred on a person by subregulation (1) or (2) do not
extend to immunity from a suit or other legal process 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.

(4) The immunities conferred on a person by subregulation (1) or (2) do not
apply to a person who is an Australian citizen or a person permanently
resident in Australia.