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disability.
Secretary-General means a person who holds, or is performing the duties of, the office of Secretary-General of the Institute.
serious offence means an offence under any law of the Commonwealth or a State or a 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.
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.

3 Act to apply to the Institute

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

4 Institute has legal personality and capacity

  The Institute:
 (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 Institute

 (1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), the Institute 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 immunity from suit and from other legal process conferred on the Institute by subregulation (1) does not extend to immunity from a suit or other legal process for the recovery of damages for any damage, injury or death resulting from a motor vehicle accident or offence in which a motor vehicle owned by, or operated on behalf of, the Institute was involved.

 (3) The Institute'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 Secretary-General

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

 (2) Subject to subregulations (4) and (5), a person who holds, or is performing the duties of, the office of Secretary-General has the privileges and immunities specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Act.

 (3) Subject to subregulation (5), a person who has ceased to hold, or perform the duties of, the office of Secretary-General has the immunities specified in Part II of the Second Schedule to the Act.

 (4) The privileges and immunities conferred on a person under subregulation (2) do not apply to a child of the person if the child:
 (a) has attained the age of 18 years; or
 (b)