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

If:

a core State/Territory entity enters an arrangement with a core foreign entity in contravention of subsection 22(1); and

the arrangement is not legally binding;

The arrangement is not, and is taken never to have been, in operation.

After entering the arrangement, the core State/Territory entity must:

within 14 days, or such longer period (if any) prescribed by the rules, notify the core foreign entity that:

this section applies to the arrangement; and

the arrangement is not, and is taken never to have been, in operation; and

as soon as practicable after it has complied with paragraph (a), notify the Minister, in writing, of its compliance with that paragraph.

The core State/Territory entity must not, at any time:

give effect to the arrangement; or

hold out, or conduct itself on the basis, that:

it can give effect to the arrangement; or

the arrangement is in operation.

The core foreign entity must not, from the time it is notified under subsection (3) that this section applies to the arrangement:

give effect to the arrangement in Australia; or

hold out in Australia, or conduct itself in Australia on the basis, that:

it can give effect to the arrangement; or

the arrangement is in operation.