Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOREIGN STATES IMMUNITIES ACT 1985 - SECT 7

             (1)  Part II (other than section 10) does not apply in relation to a proceeding concerning:

                     (a)  a contract or other agreement or a bill of exchange that was made or given;

                     (b)  a transaction or event that occurred;

                     (c)  an act done or omitted to have been done; or

                     (d)  a right, liability or obligation that came into existence;

before the commencement of this Act.

             (2)  Section 10 does not apply in relation to a submission mentioned in that section that was made before the commencement of this Act.

             (3)  Part III and section 36 do not apply in relation to a proceeding instituted before the commencement of this Act.

             (4)  Part IV only applies where, by virtue of a provision of Part II, the foreign State is not immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of Australia in the proceeding concerned.