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Organisation.

10C Indirect tax concession scheme — claims for payment

  A claim for payment under regulation 10A:
 (a) must be signed by, or for, the Secretary-General of the Organisation; and
 (b) must be sent with the tax invoice for the acquisition; and

            (c) must be sent:
 (i) for an acquisition of a motor vehicle — to the Protocol Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; or
 (ii) in any other case — to the Australian Taxation Office; and
 (d) for an acquisition of a motor vehicle or an acquisition of real property by lease — may be sent at any time after the acquisition; and
 (e) for an acquisition of a kind mentioned in paragraph 10A (1) (d), except an acquisition of real property by lease — may only be sent:
 (i) in accordance with the arrangement mentioned in that paragraph; or
 (ii) if the arrangement does not specify a time when a claim may be sent:
 (A) with another claim; or
 (B) at least 3 months after another claim from the Organisation is sent; and
 (f) for an acquisition that is not mentioned in paragraph (d) or (e) — may only be sent:
 (i) with another claim; or
 (ii) at least 3 months after another claim from the Organisation.

Note   Paragraphs 10C (e) and (f) are intended to limit the number of claims from the Organisation to one in each quarter, to minimise delays in the processing of claims.

10D Indirect tax concession scheme — manner of payment

  For paragraph 11C (3) (b) of the Act, the amount is to be paid to a single recipient, or an account, nominated by, or for, the Secretary-General of the Organisation.

11 Waiver of privileges and immunities

 (1) The Council of the Organisation may waive any privileges and immunities to which:
 (a) the Organisation; or
 (b) a person upon whom privileges and immunities are conferred by regulation 6 or 7,
  is entitled by virtue of the Act or these Regulations.

 (2) The Secretary-General of the Organisation may waive any privileges and immunities to which:
 (a) a person upon whom privileges and immunities are conferred by regulation 9; or
 (b) a person upon whom privileges and immunities are conferred by regulation 10,
  is entitled by virtue of the Act or these Regulations.

 (3) The government of a country may waive any privileges and immunities to which a person upon whom privileges and immunities are conferred by regulation 8 is entitled by virtue of the Act or these Regulations.

12 Privileges and immunities subject to quarantine laws, etc

  Nothing in these Regulations affects the application of any law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory relating to quarantine, or prohibiting or restricting