# Designated foreign dignitaries

> reg-3.06A — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

3.06A Designated foreign dignitaries
          (1) For item 10 of Part 2 of Schedule 9 (which deals with persons not required to
              comply with section 166 of the Act), a person is a designated foreign dignitary
              if:
                (a) the Minister specifies the person in an instrument in writing for this
                    paragraph; or
                (b) the person is included in a class of persons specified by the Minister in an
                    instrument in writing for this paragraph.
          (2) The Minister must specify a person or a class in accordance with arrangements
              approved in writing by the Minister.
          (3) If the person is specified in an instrument for paragraph (1)(a), the period in
              which the person is a designated foreign dignitary:
                (a) starts when the Minister specifies the person; and
                (b) ends at the time, or in the way, mentioned in the instrument.
          (4) If the person is included in a class of persons specified in an instrument for
              paragraph (1)(b), the period in which the person is a designated foreign dignitary:








                 (a) starts when the person becomes a member of the class; and
                 (b) ends at the time, or in the way, mentioned in the instrument.
          (5) For item 10 of Part 2 of Schedule 9, a person is a designated foreign dignitary if
              the person is an accompanying member of the immediate family of a person who
              is a designated foreign dignitary in accordance with subregulation (1).
               Note:     Regulation 1.12AA explains when a person is a member of the immediate family of
                         another person.

          (6) An instrument made under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is not a legislative instrument.
               Note:     The effect of section 168 of the Act, regulation 3.06 and Part 2 of Schedule 9 to these
                         Regulations is that a designated foreign dignitary is not required to comply with the
                         requirements of section 166 of the Act relating to the giving of information.