Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DEFENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1989 No. 41 of 1989 - SECT 4

4. After section 122 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Immunity of Australian Defence Industries Pty Ltd from certain State and
Territory laws

"122A. (1) Subject to subsection (4), a law of a State or Territory, being a
law to which this section applies, does not apply in relation to:

   (a)  Australian Defence Industries Pty Ltd;

   (b)  the property or transactions of Australian Defence Industries Pty Ltd;
        or (c) any act or thing done by or on behalf of Australian Defence
        Industries Pty Ltd.

"(2) Subject to subsection (3), this section applies to a law:

   (a)  to the extent that the law relates to:

        (i)    the use of land or premises;

        (ii)   the environmental consequences of the use of land or premises;

        (iii)  dangerous goods;

        (iv)   licensing in relation to:

                (A)  employment;

                (B)  the carrying on of a particular kind of business or
                     undertaking; or

                (C)  the conduct of a particular kind of operation; or

        (v)    the liability to pay, or the payment of, taxes, rates or
               charges (including stamp duty); or

   (b)  if regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph declare that
        this section applies to the law.

"(3) This section does not apply to a law of a kind referred to in paragraph
(2) (a) if regulations made for the purposes of this section declare that this
section does not apply to the law.

"(4) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any property, transaction,
act or thing that is wholly unconnected with defence production.

"(5) This section ceases to be in force at the end of 6 years after the day on
which it commences.

"(6) In this section:
'Australian Defence Industries Pty Ltd' means the company, known as Australian
Defence Industries Pty Ltd, incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory
under the Companies Act 1981 on 21 July 1988.".