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or has attended an international conference convened by, the Commission as a representative of a country other than Australia has the immunities specified in Part II of the Third Schedule to the Act.

8 Privileges and immunities of officers of Commission other than high officers

 (1) Subject to the next two succeeding subregulations, a person who holds an office in the Commission, other than a person who holds, or who is performing the duties of, an office specified in subregulation (1) of regulation 6 of these Regulations, has the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.

 (2) The salary and emoluments received from the Commission by a person to whom the last preceding subregulation applies, being a resident of Australia within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936-1969, are not, to the extent to which they are for services rendered in Australia, exempt from taxation unless the person is not an Australian citizen and came to Australia solely for the purpose of performing duties of the office in the Commission held by him.

 (5) A person, being an Australian citizen, who holds an office in the Commission, other than a person who holds, or is performing the duties of, an office specified in subregulation (1) of regulation 6 of these Regulations, does not have the privilege specified in paragraph 7 of Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.

 (6) A person who has ceased to hold an office in the Commission, other than an office specified in subregulation (1) of regulation 6 of these Regulations, has the immunities specified in Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.

9 Privileges and immunities of other persons connected with Commission

 (1) A person who is serving on a committee, or is participating in the work, of the Commission or is performing, whether alone or jointly with other persons, a mission on behalf of the Commission has the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 5 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Act and immunity from seizure of personal baggage.

 (2) The privileges and immunities specified in paragraph 3 in Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Act extend, in relation to a person, to:
 (a) papers and documents that relate to the work of the committee of the Commission on which he is serving;
 (b) the work of the Commission in which he is participating; or
 (c) the mission that he is performing on behalf of the Commission,
  as the case may be, but not to any other papers and documents.

 (3) A person