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1. Based on reciprocity, a partner of a member of a diplomatic mission or a consular post of the sending State is authorised to engage in a gainful occupation in the receiving State in accordance with the provisions of the laws and regulations of the receiving State and subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
2. For the purposes of this Agreement:
a) ``A member of a diplomatic mission or a consular post" means any accredited employee of the sending State, who is not a national or permanent resident of the receiving State, in a diplomatic mission, a consular post or a mission to an international organisation in the receiving State;
b) ``Partner" means the spouse or the partner of a member of a diplomatic mission, a consular post or a mission to an international organisation in the receiving State;
c) ``Conventions" means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963), or other international agreements on privileges and immunities to which the Parties are parties.