Internationally protected persons
3.—(1)  In this Act, “internationally protected person” means —
(a)a Head of State, including any member of a collegial body that performs the functions of a Head of State under the constitution of the State concerned, a head of a government or a minister responsible for foreign affairs, whenever he is outside the State which he holds that position or office;
(b)a member of the family of a person referred to in paragraph (a) who is accompanying the person;
(c)a representative or an official of a State or an official or agent of an international organisation of an intergovernmental character who, at the time and place of the alleged offence, is entitled under international law to special protection from any attack on his person, freedom or dignity; or
(d)a member of the family of a person referred to in paragraph (c) who forms part of the person’s household.
(2)  The Minister may give a written certificate stating any matter relevant to the question whether a person is, or was at any time or in respect of any period, an internationally protected person, and such certificate is admissible in any proceedings as prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.
[UN Convention 1973, Art. 1; Aust. Crimes Act 1976, s. 14]