Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01073:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01073
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 4012–6622

4  Injunctions to restrain false claims about diplomatic or consular status or designated overseas mission status
 (1) The Court may, on the application of the Attorney‑General, grant an injunction restraining a person:
 (a) from engaging, or attempting to engage, in conduct that:
 (i) is, in relation to a diplomatic or consular mission established in Australia with the consent of the Commonwealth, conduct to which this subsection applies by virtue of subsection (2); or
 (ii) is, in relation to a designated overseas mission of a foreign territory, conduct to which this subsection applies by virtue of subsection (2A) or (2B);
 (b) from aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring a person to engage in any such conduct;
 (c) from inducing, or attempting to induce, a person, whether by threats, promises or otherwise, to engage in any such conduct; or
 (d) from being in any way directly or indirectly a party to the engaging by a person in any such conduct.
 (2) The conduct that is, in relation to a diplomatic or consular mission of a country established in Australia with the consent of the Commonwealth, conduct to which subsection (1) applies is:
 (a) conduct by way of displaying, or causing or permitting to be displayed, either within, on or outside premises (other than premises at which an office of that mission or the residence of a member of that mission is located) any sign, flag or insignia that states, implies or is reasonably capable of being taken to imply that there is located at the premises an office of a mission, or the residence of a member of a mission, that represents, in a diplomatic or consular capacity, that country or a part of that country, the people of that country or of a part of that country or a government of that country or of a part of that country; or
 (b) conduct by way of making or publishing, or causing or permitting to be made or published, any representation that states, implies or is reasonably capable of being taken to imply that there is located in Australia a mission (other than the diplomatic or consular mission of that country) or that a person in Australia occupies a position in a mission (other than the diplomatic or consular mission of that country), that represents, in a diplomatic or consular capacity, that country or a part of that country, the people of that country or of a part of that country or a government of that country or of a part of that country;
other than:
 (c) conduct engaged in by a member of the staff (including the head) of a designated overseas mission in carrying out an authorised capacity of the designated