Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts
1 Section 4
Insert:
"Agreement" means:
(a) the Principal Agreement; and
(b) the Supplementary Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the Anglo‑Australian Optical Telescope, at Siding Spring, New South Wales, Australia, done at Canberra on 3 November 2005.
Note 1: The Agreement will terminate with effect from 1 July 2010: see the Supplementary Agreement.
Note 2: In 2006, the text of the Supplementary Agreement was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII Internet site (www.austlii.edu.au).
2 Section 4
Insert:
"Principal Agreement" means:
(a) the Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to provide for the Establishment and Operation of a Large Optical Telescope, done at Canberra on 25 September 1969; or
(b) if that Agreement is amended—that Agreement as so amended.
Note: The text of the Agreement is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1971 No. 2. In 2006, the text of an Agreement in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII Internet site (www.austlii.edu.au).
3 Section 4 (definition of the Agreement )
Repeal the definition.
4 Section 5
Repeal the section.
5 Section 8
Before “Agreement” (first and second occurring), insert “Principal”.
6 Paragraph 10(2)(c)
Before “Agreement”, insert “Principal”.
7 Subsection 19(1)
Before “Agreement” (first occurring), insert “Principal”.
8 Subsection 19(2)
Before “Agreement”, insert “Principal”.
9 The Schedule
Repeal the Schedule.
Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 9 November 2005
Senate on 8 December 2005
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