STATUTORY RULES

1972 No.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1963-1966.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963-1966.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of October, 1972.

Signature of Governor-General

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Signature of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

 

Amendments of the Asian Development Bank (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations†

Privileges and immunities of officers of Bank other than President.

Regulation 6 of the Asian Development Bank (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “next succeeding sub-regulation” and inserting in their stead the words “next two succeeding sub-regulations”; and

(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (2.) the following sub-regulations:—

“(2a.) The salary and emoluments received from the Bank by a person to whom sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation applies, being a resident as defined by sub-section (1.) of section 4 of the Income Tax Ordinance 1959 of Papua New Guinea as amended and in force for the time being, are not, to the extent to which they are for services rendered in Papua New Guinea, exempt from taxation unless the person—

(a) is not an Australian citizen or an Australian protected person; and

(b) came to Papua New Guinea solely for the purpose of performing duties of the office in the Bank held by him.

“(2b.) In the last preceding sub-regulation, ‘Australian protected person’ means a person declared by regulations in force under the Citizenship Act 1948-1969 to be, for the purposes of that Act, under the protection of the Australian Government.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1972.

† Statutory Rules 1967, No. 175, as amended by Statutory Rules 1969, No. 50.

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