Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHRISTMAS ISLAND AGREEMENT ACT 1976 No. 118 of 1976 - SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
Section  3  AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT
OF
NEW ZEALAND TO AMEND THE CHRISTMAS ISLAND AGREEMENT 1958

The Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand-
desiring to revise in part the Christmas Island Agreement 1958 (hereinafter
referred to as ''the Principal Agreement'') have agreed as follows:

Article 1

Article 6 of the Principal Agreement is amended:

   (a)  by omitting paragraph 3 and inserting in its stead the following
        paragraph:

''3. After the expenses referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article together
with interest thereon as provided in that paragraph have been recouped, the
Commission shall create a special fund (in this Article called ''the fund'')
for the purpose of accumulating moneys to meet the cost of discharging from
time to time those obligations towards the inhabitants of the Island which,
and such other residual liabilities as, the two Governments agree are of a
special nature and fall upon the Government of Australia.'', and

   (b)  by omitting paragraphs 7 and 8 and inserting in their stead the
        following paragraphs:

''7. The two Governments shall consult together whenever necessary to assess
what part or parts of the fund should be applied from time to time to meeting
the cost of discharging the obligations and other residual liabilities
referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.

''8. (a) Such part or parts of the fund as has or have been so assessed shall
be paid or transferred to the Government of Australia for the purpose of
meeting the cost of discharging the said obligations and other residual
liabilities.

   (b)  Whenever the two Governments agree that the purposes for which the
        fund was created have been satisfied, the fund shall be closed and the
        balance thereof equally divided between the two Governments.''

Article 2

This Agreement shall come into force on the date on which the Government of
Australia notifies the Government of New Zealand that it has completed the
processes necessary in Australia to give effect to this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorised thereto, have signed the
present Agreement, and have affixed thereto their seals.

DONE at Canberra this eighth day of September 1976.

            ANDREW  PEACOCK                         L.  J.  FRANCIS
    For the Government of Australia        For the Government of New Zealand


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