2008-2009
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Foreign States Immunities Amendment
Bill 2009
No. , 2009
(Attorney-General)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Foreign States
Immunities Act 1985, and for related purposes
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Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Foreign States Immunities Act 1985
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Foreign States Immunities Amendment Bill 2009 No. , 2009 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Foreign States
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Immunities Act 1985, and for related 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 Foreign States Immunities
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Amendment Act 2009.
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal
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Assent.
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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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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Foreign States Immunities Act 1985 Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Foreign States Immunities Act
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1985
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1 Subsections 42(1) and (2)
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Omit "Governor-General" (first occurring), substitute "Minister".
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Note:
The heading to section 42 is altered by adding at the end "--general".
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2 After section 42
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Insert:
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42A Extension of immunities--emergency prevention and
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management
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(1) This section applies if the Minister is satisfied that a foreign State
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(or a separate entity of a foreign State) is providing, or is to
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provide, assistance or facilities:
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(a) to the Australian Government, or the government of a State
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or Territory; and
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(b) for the purposes of preparing for, preventing or managing
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emergencies or disasters (whether natural or otherwise) in
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Australia.
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(2) The Governor-General may make regulations excluding or
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modifying the application of section 13 (personal injury and
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damage to property) with respect to the foreign State (or the
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separate entity of the foreign State) in relation to acts or omissions
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done or omitted to be done by the foreign State (or the entity) in
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the course of the provision of the assistance or facilities.
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Note:
Section 22 applies section 13 to a separate entity of a foreign State.
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