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ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN TELESCOPE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2005
2004-2005
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement
Amendment Bill 2005
No. , 2005
(Education, Science and Training)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Anglo-Australian
Telescope Agreement Act 1970, and for related
purposes
Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Amendment Bill 2005 No. , 2005 ii
Contents
1 Short
title ...........................................................................................1
2 Commencement.................................................................................1
3 Schedule(s) ........................................................................................2
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Anglo-Australian Telescope
Agreement Act 1970
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Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Amendment Bill 2005 No. , 2005 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Anglo-Australian
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Telescope Agreement Act 1970, and for related
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purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Anglo-Australian Telescope
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Agreement Amendment Act 2005.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the
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time specified in column 2 of the table.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The later of:
(a) the day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent; and
(b) the day on which the Supplementary
Agreement between the Government of
the Commonwealth of Australia and the
Government of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
concerning the Anglo-Australian Optical
Telescope, at Siding Spring, New South
Wales, Australia, done at Canberra on
3 November 2005, comes into force for
Australia.
However, the provision(s) do not commence
at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b)
does not occur before the end of the period
of 6 months beginning on the day on which
this Act receives the Royal Assent.
The Minister must announce by notice in the
Gazette the day on which the Supplementary
Agreement comes into force for Australia.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to
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deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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(2) Column 3 of the table is for additional information that is not part
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of this Act. This information may be included in any published
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version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Amendment Bill 2005 No. , 2005 3
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Schedule 1 Amendment of the Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Act 1970
4 Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Amendment Bill 2005 No. , 2005
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Schedule 1--Amendment of the
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Anglo-Australian Telescope
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Agreement Act 1970
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1 Section 4
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Insert:
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Agreement means:
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(a) the Principal Agreement; and
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(b) the Supplementary Agreement between the Government of
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the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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concerning the Anglo-Australian Optical Telescope, at
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Siding Spring, New South Wales, Australia, done at
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Canberra on 3 November 2005.
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Note 1:
The Agreement will terminate with effect from 1 July 2010: see the
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Supplementary Agreement.
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Note 2:
In 2005, the text of the Supplementary Agreement was accessible
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through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII Internet site
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(www.austlii.edu.au).
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2 Section 4
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Insert:
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Principal Agreement means:
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(a) the Agreement between the Government of the
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Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to
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provide for the Establishment and Operation of a Large
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Optical Telescope, done at Canberra on 25 September 1969;
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or
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(b) if that Agreement is amended--that Agreement as so
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amended.
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Note:
The text of the Agreement is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1971
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No. 2. In 2005, the text of an Agreement in the Australian Treaty
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Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the
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AustLII Internet site (www.austlii.edu.au).
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3 Section 4 (definition of the Agreement)
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Amendment of the Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Act 1970 Schedule 1
Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Amendment Bill 2005 No. , 2005 5
Repeal the definition.
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4 Section 5
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Repeal the section.
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5 Section 8
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Before "Agreement" (first and second occurring), insert "Principal".
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6 Paragraph 10(2)(c)
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Before "Agreement", insert "Principal".
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7 Subsection 19(1)
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Before "Agreement" (first occurring), insert "Principal".
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8 Subsection 19(2)
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Before "Agreement", insert "Principal".
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9 The Schedule
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Repeal the Schedule.
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