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of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property and of instituting legal proceedings.

 (2) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially in Australia shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Commission affixed to a document and shall presume that it was duly affixed.

5 Privileges and immunities of Commission

 (1) Subject to subregulations (2), (3) and (4), the Commission has the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 of the First Schedule to the Act.

 (2) The Commission is not, by virtue of the last preceding subregulation, exempt from such national, regional or municipal dues and taxes in respect of the premises of the Commission, whether owned or leased, as represent payment for specific services rendered.

 (3) Where goods (not being publications of the Commission) are imported, manufactured or purchased by the Commission for sale by it, subregulation (1) of this regulation does not operate to prevent sales tax being payable by the Commission or by any other person upon the sale value of the goods.

 (4) The Commission's privileges in relation to indirect tax are limited to:
 (a) the exemption conferred by section 11B of the Act; and
 (b) concessions under section 11C of the Act in relation to acquisitions mentioned in subregulation 9A (1).

6 Privileges and immunities of high officers of the Commission

 (1) The offices of Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General of the Commission are each a high office in the Commission for the purposes of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 6 of the Act.

 (2) A person who holds, or is performing the duties of, an office specified in the last preceding subregulation has the privileges and immunities specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Act.

 (3) A person who has ceased to hold, or to perform the duties of, an office specified in subregulation (1) of this regulation has the immunities specified in Part II of the Second Schedule to the Act.

7 Privileges and immunities of representatives to Commission

 (1) A person who is accredited to, or who is in attendance at an international conference convened by, the Commission as a representative of a country other than Australia has, while exercising his functions as such a representative, the privileges and immunities specified in Part I of the Third Schedule to the Act.

 (2) A person who has ceased to be accredited to, 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