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4 WTO has legal personality and capacity

  The WTO:
 (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 suing and being sued.

5 Privileges and immunities of the WTO

 (1) Subject to this regulation, the WTO 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.

 (2) The WTO is not exempt under subregulation (1) from any Commonwealth, State, Territory or municipal dues and taxes that constitute payment for specific services in respect of premises owned, leased or occupied by the WTO.

 (3) Subregulation (1) does not affect the liability of the WTO or any other person to pay sales tax on the taxable value of goods that are not publications of the WTO.

 (4) The WTO'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 Director-General

 (1) The office of Director-General is a high office in the WTO for the purposes of subparagraph 6 (1) (b) (i) of the Act.

 (2) A person who holds, or is performing the duties of, the office of Director-General has the privileges and immunities stated in Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Act

 (3) A person who has ceased to hold or perform the duties of the office of Director-General has the immunities stated in Part II of the Second Schedule to the Act.

7 Privileges and immunities of certain representatives at conferences convened by the WTO

 (1) A person who is accredited to or attends a meeting convened by the WTO as representative of a country other than Australia has the privileges andimmunities stated in Part I of the Third Schedule to the Act.

 (2) A person who has ceased to be accredited to, or who has attended, a meeting convened by the WTO as a representative of a country other than Australia has the immunities stated in Part II of the Third Schedule to the Act.

8 Privileges and immunities of certain WTO officers

 (1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), a person who holds, or isperforming the duties of, an office (other than the office of Director-General) has the privileges and immunities stated in items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 in Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.

 (2) The salary and emoluments received from the WTO