Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                             2

Division 1--Preliminary matters                                                                            2

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 2

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Simplified outline of this Act.............................................................. 3

4............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 5

Division 2--Core provisions of this Act                                                             8

5............ Object of this Act................................................................................ 8

6............ Foreign arrangements.......................................................................... 8

7............ What are State/Territory entities?......................................................... 8

8............ What are foreign entities?.................................................................... 9

9............ What is an arrangement?................................................................... 11

10.......... Core foreign arrangements................................................................ 11

11.......... Application of this Act to subsidiary arrangements........................... 12

12.......... What is a subsidiary arrangement?.................................................... 12

13.......... Application of this Act to variations of arrangements....................... 13

Part 2--Negotiating and entering core foreign arrangements                 15

Division 1--Simplified outline of this Part                                                       15

14.......... Simplified outline of this Part............................................................ 15

Division 2--Negotiating core foreign arrangements                                 17

15.......... Prohibition on negotiations without the Minister's approval............. 17

16.......... Requirement to notify the Minister about negotiations...................... 17

17.......... The Minister's decision about negotiations....................................... 17

18.......... Notices relating to the Minister's approval under subsection 17(2).. 19

19.......... When the Minister's approval under subsection 17(2) is in force..... 19

20.......... Notice of the Minister's refusal under subsection 17(3)................... 20

21.......... When the Minister is taken to have given approval for negotiations. 20

Division 3--Entering core foreign arrangements                                       21

22.......... Prohibition on entering core foreign arrangements............................ 21

23.......... Requirement to notify the Minister before entering core foreign arrangements        21

24.......... The Minister's decision about proposals to enter core foreign arrangements           22

25.......... Notices relating to the Minister's approval under subsection 24(2).. 23

26.......... When the Minister's approval under subsection 24(2) is in force..... 24

27.......... Notice of the Minister's refusal under subsection 24(3)................... 24

28.......... When the Minister is taken to have given approval for proposals to enter core foreign arrangements      25

29.......... Requirement to notify the Minister about entering core foreign arrangements          25

Division 4--Consequences of unlawfully entering core foreign arrangements 27

Subdivision A--Effect on legally binding arrangements                              27

30.......... Arrangements that purport to be legally binding under Australian law 27

31.......... Arrangements that are legally binding under foreign law.................. 28

Subdivision B--Effect on non-legally binding arrangements                      29

32.......... Arrangements that are not legally binding......................................... 29

Part 3--Entering non-core foreign arrangements                                           30

Division 1--Simplified outline of this Part                                                       30

33.......... Simplified outline of this Part............................................................ 30

Division 2--Entering non-core foreign arrangements                             31

Subdivision A--Requirement to notify the Minister about proposals to enter non-core foreign arrangements   31

34.......... Requirement to notify the Minister about proposals to enter non-core foreign arrangements   31

Subdivision B--Declarations about negotiations or proposals to enter non-core foreign arrangements               32

35.......... Declarations about negotiating non-core foreign arrangements......... 32

36.......... Declarations about proposals to enter non-core foreign arrangements 33

Subdivision C--Matters relating to declarations under this Part                34

37.......... Matters relating to declarations under this Part.................................. 34

Subdivision D--Requirement to notify the Minister about entering non-core foreign arrangements     35

38.......... Requirement to notify the Minister about entering non-core foreign arrangements  35

Part 4--The Minister's powers to make declarations about foreign arrangements, and subsidiary arrangements, that are in operation                                                      36

Division 1--Simplified outline of this Part                                                       36

39.......... Simplified outline of this Part............................................................ 36

Division 2--The Minister's power to make declarations about foreign arrangements that are in operation                                                                                                 39

Subdivision A--When the Minister may make declarations about foreign arrangements         39

40.......... When the Minister may make declarations under this Division......... 39

Subdivision B--Declarations about legally binding foreign arrangements 40

41.......... Foreign arrangements that are legally binding under Australian law. 40

42.......... Foreign arrangements that are legally binding under foreign law...... 43

Subdivision C--Declarations about non-legally binding foreign arrangements           45

43.......... Foreign arrangements that are not legally binding............................. 45

Subdivision D--Matters relating to declarations under this Division        48

44.......... Matters relating to declarations about foreign arrangements.............. 48

Division 3--The Minister's power to make declarations about subsidiary arrangements that are in operation                                                                                                 50

Subdivision A--When the Minister may make declarations about subsidiary arrangements   50

45.......... When the Minister may make declarations under this Division......... 50

Subdivision B--Declarations about legally binding subsidiary arrangements              51

46.......... Subsidiary arrangements that are legally binding under Australian law 51

47.......... Subsidiary arrangements that are legally binding under foreign law. 53

Subdivision C--Declarations about non-legally binding subsidiary arrangements     55

48.......... Subsidiary arrangements that are not legally binding........................ 55

Subdivision D--Matters relating to declarations under this Division        58

49.......... Matters relating to declarations about subsidiary arrangements......... 58

Part 5--Other matters                                                                                                       60

Division 1--Simplified outline of this Part                                                       60

50.......... Simplified outline of this Part............................................................ 60

Division 2--Matters that the Minister must take into account when making declarations under this Act                                                                                                                      61

51.......... Matters that the Minister must take into account............................... 61

Division 3--Enforcement                                                                                          63

52.......... Injunctions........................................................................................ 63

Division 4--The Public Register                                                                           65

53.......... The Minister must keep a public register........................................... 65

Division 4A--Annual report                                                                                   67

53A....... Annual report.................................................................................... 67

Division 5--The rules                                                                                                 68

54.......... The rules........................................................................................... 68

Division 6--The Australian National University                                         69

55.......... Application of this Act to the Australian National University........... 69

Division 7--Other matters                                                                                       70

56.......... Delegation by the Minister................................................................ 70

57.......... Compensation for acquisition of property......................................... 70

58.......... Requirements in relation to procedural fairness................................. 71

59.......... Extraterritorial application and extension to external Territories........ 71

60.......... Crown to be bound........................................................................... 71

61.......... Concurrent operation with State and Territory laws.......................... 71

62.......... Approved forms................................................................................ 71

63.......... Approved ways of giving notices to the Minister............................. 71

63A....... Review of operation of Act............................................................... 71

64.......... Schedule 1......................................................................................... 72

Schedule 1--Transitional requirements relating to pre-existing foreign arrangements                                                                                                                         73

Division 1--Simplified outline of this Schedule                                             73

1............ Simplified outline of this Schedule.................................................... 73

Division 2--Requirement to notify the Minister about pre-existing foreign arrangements       74

2............ Requirement to notify the Minister about pre-existing foreign arrangements that are core foreign arrangements     74

3............ Requirement to notify the Minister about pre-existing foreign arrangements that are non-core foreign arrangements.......................................................................................................... 75

Division 3--Consequences for failing to notify the Minister about pre-existing foreign arrangements that are core foreign arrangements                                                   77

Subdivision A--Pre-existing foreign arrangements that are legally binding 77

4............ Arrangements that are legally binding under Australian law............. 77

5............ Arrangements that are legally binding under foreign law.................. 78

Subdivision B--Pre-existing foreign arrangements that are not legally binding          79

6............ Arrangements that are not legally binding......................................... 79

 

 

 

Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020

No. 116, 2020

 

An Act to protect and manage Australia's foreign relations, and for related purposes

[Assented to 10 December 2020]

The Parliament of Australia enacts: