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be, a member of the staff of the WTO.

 (2) The government of a country may waive a privilege or immunity conferred by the Act or these Regulations on a person who, as a representative of thatcountry:
 (a)  is accredited to, or attends, a WTO meeting; or
 (b) has ceased to be accredited to, or has attended, a meeting of that kind.

11 Application of laws about quarantine, importation and exportation

 (1) Subject to subregulation (2), these Regulations do not affect the application of a law about quarantine or a law about importation into, or exportation from, Australia or an External Territory.

 (2) Subregulation (1) does not affect any immunity from civil or criminal process.

12 Delegation

 (1) The Minister may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by the Minister, delegate to a person the Minister's powers under paragraphs 9B (1) (b) and (5) (b) of these Regulations.

 (2) A power delegated under subregulation (1), when exercised by the delegate, is taken to have been exercised by the Minister.

 (3) A delegation of power under subregulation (1) does not prevent the exercise of the power by the Minister.

Notes to the World Trade Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 1996

Note 1

The World Trade Organization (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 1996 (in force under the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1996 No. 24 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

See Table A for information about application, saving or transitional provisions.

Table of Statutory Rules
Year and      Date of notification   Date of                 Application, saving or
number        in Gazette             commencement            transitional provisions
1996 No. 24   5 Feb 1996             5 Feb 1996
2000 No. 201  31 July 2000           1 July 2000 (see r. 2)  R. 3

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected                                                                                   How affected
Rr. 1, 2...............                                                                              rs. 2000 No. 201
R. 5.................                                                                                am. 2000 No. 201
Rr. 9A–9D.............                                                                               ad. 2000 No. 201
R. 12................                                                                                ad. 2000 No. 201

Table A Application, saving or transitional provisions

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 201

3 Purpose of Regulations

  These Regulations amend Regulations made under the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963 (the Act) to apply the indirect tax concession scheme under section 11C of the Act to the organisations covered by those Regulations and officers and high officers of those organisations.