Commonwealth Numbered Acts

QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED (LOAN GUARANTEE) ACT 1985 No. 114, 1985 - SECT 4

4. (1) The Treasurer may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, and subject to the
conditions required by this Act, guarantee-

   (a)  the repayment by Qantas Airways Limited of amounts borrowed by it
not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of the expenditure that the
Treasurer is satisfied-

        (i)    will be, or has been, incurred in connection with the purchase
by it of a Boeing 747-300 Extended Upper Deck aircraft and
related spare parts and equipment; and

        (ii)   will be, or has been, met out of money owned or borrowed by it;
and

   (b)  the payment of interest (including any interest on that interest) on
amounts so borrowed.

(2) A guarantee or guarantees shall not be given under sub-section (1) in
respect of moneys borrowed in the currency of the United States of America, or
in any other currency, exceeding in the aggregate $115,000,000 in the currency
of the United States of America.

(3) The power of the Treasurer to give a guarantee under this section
includes-

   (a)  a power to agree, on behalf of the Commonwealth, that proceedings
under the guarantee may be taken in a court of a country other than
Australia; and

   (b)  a power to waive, on behalf of the Commonwealth, the immunity of
the Commonwealth from suit in a court of a country other than
Australia in relation to any proceedings that may be taken under the
guarantee in such a court.

(4) For the purposes of sub-section (2), the amount of a borrowing in a
currency other than the currency of the United States of America shall be
taken to be the amount in the currency of the United States of America that
was equivalent to the first-mentioned amount at the date of the borrowing, as
ascertained by the Reserve Bank of Australia.