Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL TAX AGREEMENTS ACT 1953 - SECT 6A

             (1)  Subject to this Act, on and after the date of entry into force of the Canadian convention, the provisions of the convention, so far as those provisions affect Australian tax, have, and shall be deemed to have had, the force of law:

                     (a)  in relation to withholding tax--in respect of dividends or interest derived on or after 1 July 1975 and in relation to which the convention remains effective; and

                     (b)  in relation to tax other than withholding tax--in respect of income of any year of income commencing on or after 1 July 1975 and in relation to which the convention remains effective.

             (3)  The provisions of the previous Canadian agreement, so far as those provisions affect Australian tax, continue to have the force of law in relation to tax in respect of income in relation to which the agreement remains effective.