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behalf of, the Meeting of the Parties or the Secretariat;
  whether or not the person receives remuneration from the Meeting of the Parties or the Secretariat; and
 (c) does not include a person who is a member of the staff of the Secretariat.
Headquarters Agreement means the Headquarters Agreement between the Secretariat to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels and the Government of Australia, signed at Hobart on 23 June 2008.
Meeting of the Parties means the Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, mentioned in Article VIII of the Agreement.
member of the family or family member, in relation to a person (the first person), means a person who is:
 (a) a part of the first person's household; and
 (b) any of the following members of the first person's family:
 (i) the first person's spouse;
 (ii) an unmarried child who is under the age of 21 years;
 (iii) an unmarried child who is under the age of 25 years and is undertaking full‑time studies at an Australian educational institution;
 (iv) an unmarried child who is incapable of self‑support because of a physical or mental disability.
Secretariat means the body established by the Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, under Article VIII of the Agreement.
serious offence means an offence under any law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, for which, if the act or omission 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.
spouse of a person includes a de facto partner of the person, whether of the same sex or of a different sex.
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.

4 Act to apply to Meeting of the Parties

  For section 5 of the Act, the Meeting of the Parties is declared to be an international organisation to which the Act applies.

5 Secretariat has legal personality and capacity

  The Secretariat:
 (a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and
 (b) is capable, in its corporate name:
 (i) of entering into contracts; and
 (ii) of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property; and
 (iii) of instituting and being a party to legal proceedings.

6 Privileges and immunities of Secretariat

  Subject to regulations 7, 8, 9 and 10, the Secretariat has the privileges and immunities specified in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the First Schedule to the Act.