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TRADE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT (PROTECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST) BILL 2014

 

 

 

2013-2014 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

THE SENATE 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Trade and Foreign Investment 

(Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 2014 

 

No.      , 2014 

 

(Senator Whish-Wilson) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to protect Australian laws by 

banning investor-state dispute settlement 

provisions, and for related purposes 

   

   

   

 

 

No.      , 2014 

Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 

2014 

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Contents 

Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

Investor-state dispute settlement provisions ...................................... 2

 

 

 

 

No.      , 2014 

Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 

2014 

1 

 

A Bill for an Act to protect Australian laws by 

banning investor-state dispute settlement 

provisions, and for related purposes 

The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

1  Short title 

 

  This Act may be cited as the Trade and Foreign Investment 

(Protecting the Public Interest) Act 2014

2  Commencement 

 

  This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal 

Assent. 

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Section 3 

 

2 

Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 

2014 

No.      , 2014 

 

3  Investor-state dispute settlement provisions 

 

  The Commonwealth must not, on or after the commencement of 

this Act, enter into an agreement (however described) with one or 

more foreign countries that includes an investor-state dispute 

settlement provision. 

 


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