Terms of Reference

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Treaties tabled on 9 and 10 February 2011

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There is currently a total of 6 treaties in the following list.

The following treaties were tabled on 9 February 2011

  • Treaty text: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand on Trans-Tasman Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement, done at Christchurch on 24 July 2008 (PDF 57KB)

    • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Trans-Tasman Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement (PDF 34KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

  • Treaty text: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of South Africa concerning the Co-Production of Films, done at Pretoria on 18 June 2010 (PDF 47KB)

    • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on the Co-Production of Films (PDF 48KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

  • Treaty text: Agreement between Australia and the Slovak Republic on Social Security, done at New York on 21 September 2010 (PDF 224KB)

    • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Agreement on Social Security (PDF 41KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

  • Treaty text: Third Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, done at Hanoi on 23 July 2010 (PDF 17KB)

    • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Third Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (PDF 28KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

  • Treaty text: Amendments to the Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency to Modernise the Mandate of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, done at Seoul on 11 October 1985
    Amendment to the International Finance Corporation Articles of Agreement,done at Washington DC on 20 July 1956     (PDF 23KB)

    • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on the Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and the International Finance Corporation Articles of Agreement (PDF 38KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

The following treaty was tabled on 10 February 2011
  • Treaty text: Treaty between Australia and the People's Republic of China concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons, (Sydney, 6 September 2007) (PDF 135KB)

    • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Transfer of Sentenced Persons (PDF 37KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

The Committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the terms of reference by Thursday 10 March 2011. Anyone now seeking to make a submission should contact the Committee Secretariat. Please refer to our brochure called preparing a submission for more information.

Printed copies of the National Interest Analyses and treaty texts for these proposed treaty actions can also be obtained from the Committee Secretariat.