2019‑2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Foreign Affairs and Trade)
A Bill for an Act to deal with consequential matters in connection with the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 3
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 3
A Bill for an Act to deal with consequential matters in connection with the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2020.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
| 2. Schedule 1 | At the same time as section 1 of the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020 commences. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
1 At the end of Schedule 1
Add:
; (zh) decisions under the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020.
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
2 After paragraph 122(1)(a)
Insert:
(aa) the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020;
3 Application of item 2
The amendment made by item 2 of this Schedule applies, after the commencement of that item, in relation to protected information obtained before, on or after the commencement of that item.