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a State or a Territory for which, if the offence had taken place in the Jervis Bay Territory, a person would be liable, on first conviction, to imprisonment for a period of not less than 5 years.
taxable supply has the meaning given by section 195-1 of the GST Act.
tax invoice has the meaning given by section 29-70 of the GST Act.
the Act means the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

3 Act to apply to Commission

  The Commission is declared to be an international organisation to which the Act applies.

4 Commission to have juridical personality and legal capacities

  The Commission:
 (a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession;
 (b) has the capacity to contract; and
 (c) is capable, in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property and of instituting legal proceedings.

5 Privileges and immunities of Commission

  Subject to regulations 6, 7, 8, 9 and 9AA, the Commission has the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 of the First Schedule to the Act.

6 Limitation on immunity from suit etc

  The immunity from suit and from other legal process conferred by regulation 5 on the Commission does not extend to immunity from a suit or other legal process:
 (a) for the recovery of damages in respect of any damage, injury or death resulting from an accident in which a motor vehicle owned by, or operated on behalf of, the Commission was involved;
 (b) in relation to:
 (i) any contract entered into by the Commission for the supply of goods or services;
 (ii) any loan, or other transaction for the provision of finance, by or to the Commission; or
 (iii) any contract of guarantee or indemnity to which the Commission is a party;
 (c) by way of, or in relation to, a counter-claim made against the Commission by a party to proceedings instituted by the Commission; or
 (d) in respect of the attachment, in accordance with a final order of a Court, of any amount payable as salary, wages or other remuneration by the Commission to any person who holds an office in the Commission or any expert assisting the Commission.

7 Limitations on inviolability of premises

 (1) Where, in the event of a fire or other emergency, immediate entry to any premises of, or occupied by, the Commission is necessary for the purpose of protecting life or property or bringing the fire or other emergency under control, regulation 5 does not operate to affect the application, in relation to those premises, of any law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory that authorizes a person,