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AUSTRALIA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS (STATE AND TERRITORY ARRANGEMENTS) ACT 2020 (NO. 116, 2020) - SECT 52

Injunctions

             (1)  This section applies if the Minister is satisfied that an entity has contravened, is contravening, or is proposing to contravene one or more of the following provisions:

                     (a)  subsection 15(1) (which deals with when negotiations about core foreign arrangements are prohibited);

                     (b)  subsection 16(1) (which deals with the requirement to notify the Minister about negotiations of core foreign arrangements);

                     (c)  subsection 22(1) (which deals with the prohibition on entering core foreign arrangements);

                     (d)  subsection 23(1) (which deals with the requirement to notify the Minister about proposals to enter core foreign arrangements);

                     (e)  subsection 29(1) (which deals with the requirement to notify the Minister about entering core foreign arrangements);

                      (f)  subsection 30(3), (4) or (5), 31(2), (3) or (4) or 32(3), (4) or (5) (which deal with requirements relating to core foreign arrangements that have been unlawfully entered);

                     (g)  subsection 34(1) (which deals with the requirement to notify the Minister about proposals to enter non-core foreign arrangements);

                     (h)  subsection 35(3) (which prohibits negotiating arrangements that are non-core foreign arrangements in contravention of a declaration);

                      (i)  subsection 36(3) (which prohibits entering non-core foreign arrangements in contravention of a declaration);

                      (j)  subsection 38(1) (which deals with the requirement to notify the Minister about entering non-core foreign arrangements);

                     (k)  subsection 41(4) or (5), 42(3) or (4) or 43(4) or (5) (which deal with requirements in declarations about foreign arrangements);

                      (l)  subsection 46(4), 47(3) or 48(4) (which deal with requirements about subsidiary arrangements);

                    (m)  subclause 2(3) of Schedule 1 (which deals with the requirement to notify the Minister about pre-existing foreign arrangements that are core foreign arrangements);

                     (n)  subclause 3(2) of Schedule 1 (which deals with the requirement to notify the Minister about pre-existing foreign arrangements that are non-core foreign arrangements);

                     (o)  subclause 4(3), (4) or (5), 5(2), (3) or (4) or 6(3), (4) or (5) of Schedule 1 (which deal with contraventions of the requirement to notify the Minister about pre-existing foreign arrangements that are core foreign arrangements).

             (2)  The Minister may apply to the court for an injunction to require the entity to comply with the relevant provision.

             (3)  If the court is satisfied that the entity has contravened, is contravening, or is proposing to contravene the relevant provision, the court must grant an injunction on such terms as the court considers appropriate.



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