New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SALE OF GOODS (VIENNA CONVENTION) ACT 1986 - NOTES

WHEREAS:

(1) the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods was adopted at Vienna, Austria, on 10 April 1980 and was opened for signature and also for accession on 11 April 1980, and

(2) it has been agreed between the Commonwealth, the States and the Northern Territory that the provisions of the Convention should, after it enters into force in respect of Australia, have the force of law in the States and Territories by virtue of legislation of the respective States and Territories:

BE it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Historical notes

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