Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOREIGN STATES IMMUNITIES ACT 1985 - SECT 14

             (1)  A foreign State is not immune in a proceeding in so far as the proceeding concerns:

                     (a)  an interest of the State in, or the possession or use by the State of, immovable property in Australia ; or

                     (b)  an obligation of the State that arises out of its interest in, or its possession or use of, property of that kind.

             (2)  A foreign State is not immune in a proceeding in so far as the proceeding concerns an interest of the State in property that arose by way of gift made in Australia or by succession.

             (3)  A foreign State is not immune in a proceeding in so far as the proceeding concerns:

                     (a)  bankruptcy, insolvency or the winding up of a body corporate; or

                     (b)  the administration of a trust, of the estate of a deceased person or of the estate of a person of unsound mind.