Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020

If a core State/Territory entity proposes to enter an arrangement with a core foreign entity, then it must give a notice to the Minister in accordance with subsection (2) before entering the arrangement.

If the core State/Territory entity enters the arrangement, it is required to give the Minister another notice about that (see section 29).

The notice must:

be in writing; and

be in the approved form (if any); and

be accompanied by a copy of the proposed arrangement; and

specify the day it is proposed to enter the arrangement; and

include any information prescribed by the rules; and

be accompanied by any documents prescribed by the rules; and

be given in the approved way (if any).

Subsection (1) does not apply to an exempt arrangement.