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for more than 12 months; or
 (b) in an emergency in which there is a risk of personal injury or death, property damage or harm to the environment.

10 Immunity of former PrepCom officers

 (1) A person who has ceased to hold an office mentioned in regulation 9 has the immunity specified in Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Act.

 (2) However, the person does not have immunity from suit or other legal process in respect of recovery of damages for any loss, injury or death arising from a motor vehicle accident.

11 Privileges and immunities of persons performing PrepCom missions

 (1) A person who is performing, whether alone or jointly with other persons, a mission on behalf of PrepCom has the privileges and immunities specified in Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Act.

 (2) However, subregulation (1) does not apply to items 1 and 5 in Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Act if the person is an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia.

 (3) Also, the person does not have the immunity mentioned in subregulation (1) from suit or other legal process in respect of recovery of damages for any loss, injury or death arising from a motor vehicle accident.

12 Immunity of persons who have performed PrepCom missions

 (1) A person who has performed a mission on behalf of PrepCom has the immunity specified in Part II of the Fifth Schedule to the Act.

 (2) However, the person does not have immunity from suit or other legal process in respect of recovery of damages for any loss, injury or death arising from a motor vehicle accident.

13 Waiver of privileges and immunities

  The Executive Secretary of PrepCom may waive a privilege or immunity to which PrepCom, or a person on whom the privilege or immunity is conferred by regulation 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12, is entitled because of the Act and these Regulations.

14 Privileges and immunities subject to quarantine laws etc

 (1) Nothing in these Regulations affects the operation of any law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory relating to quarantine, or restricting the importation into, or the exportation from, Australia or that State or Territory of any animals, plants or goods.

 (2) However, this regulation does not prejudice the immunity from suit or from other legal process conferred by these Regulations.

15 Indirect tax concession scheme — acquisitions

 (1) For paragraph 11C (1) (a) of the Act, the following acquisitions by PrepCom, made on or after 17 August 2000, are covered by these Regulations:
 (a) an acquisition of any of the following, on a single tax invoice for a taxable supply of at