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TIMOR GAP TREATY (TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS) ACT 2000 - SECT 5

Validity of things done by the Ministerial Council and the Joint Authority
(1)
Any thing done by the Ministerial Council or the Joint Authority, during the period commencing on the transition time and ending on 5.55 pm Australian Central Standard Time on 10 February 2000, is not invalid:

(a)
merely because the Republic of Indonesia ceased to be a party to the Treaty, and UNTAET became a party to the Treaty, at the transition time; or

(b)
merely because of an invalidity in the membership of the Ministerial Council or the Joint Authority.

(2)
In this section:

Joint Authority and Ministerial Council have the meanings given them by subsection 5(1) of the Petroleum (Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation) Act 1990 .

"Treaty" has the meaning given by subsection 5(1) of the Petroleum (Australia-Indonesia Zone of Cooperation) Act 1990 (as in force immediately before the transition time).

"UNTAET" means the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor.


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