Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOREIGN ACQUISITIONS AND TAKEOVERS ACT 1975 - SECT 15

                   This Act does not apply in relation to:

                     (a)  an acquisition of shares or assets, or an issue of shares, that occurred before the date of commencement of this Act;

                     (b)  an arrangement that was entered into before that date; or

                     (c)  an acquisition of shares or assets occurring on or after that date, where notice in writing was issued by the Commonwealth Government before that date to the effect that the Commonwealth Government did not object to the acquisition or, in the case of an acquisition occurring by way of the exercise of an option, that it did not object to the acquisition of the option or to the acquisition of those shares or assets in pursuance of the option.