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January 1988.
taxable supply has the meaning given by section 195-1 of the GST Act.
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4 Act to apply to the Organisation

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

5 Organisation has legal personality and capacity

  The Organisation:
 (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.

6 Privileges and immunities of the Organisation

 (1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), the Organisation has the privileges and immunities mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the First Schedule to the Act.

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

 (3) The Organisation'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).

7 Privileges and immunities of Coordinator

 (1) The office of Coordinator is a high office in the Organisation for subparagraph 6 (1) (b) (i) of the Act.

 (2) A person who holds, or is performing the duties of, the office of Coordinator has the privileges and immunities mentioned in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Act.

 (3) A person who has ceased to hold, or perform the duties of, the office of Coordinator has the immunities mentioned in Part II of the Second Schedule to the Act.

 (4) However, subregulations (2) and (3) do not apply to a person who is an Australian citizen, or a person permanently resident in Australia, except in relation to actions of the person undertaken in performing the duties of the office of Coordinator.

8 Privileges and immunities of representatives attending conferences convened by the Organisation

 (1) A person who is accredited to, or attends, a conference in Australia convened by the Organisation as a representative of a country other than Australia, has the privileges and immunities mentioned 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 conference convened by the Organisation in Australia as a representative of a country other than Australia, has the immunities mentioned in Part II of the Third Schedule to the Act.

 (3) However, subregulations (1)