Christmas Island Agreement Act 1958

The said Governments shall not exercise this right in any manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

Article 2

1. The Christmas Island Phosphate Commission constituted under the Agreement made on the twenty‑sixth day of November, 1949, between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand and known as the Christmas Island Agreement 1949 (in this Agreement called “the Christmas Island Agreement 1949”), and incorporated by the Christmas Island Agreement Act 1949 of the Commonwealth of Australia shall, subject to this Article, continue to function for the purposes of this agreement, and references to the “Commission” in this Agreement shall be read as references to that Commission.

2. The Commission shall, in respect of Christmas Island, manage and control on behalf of the said Governments the mining of phosphate, the distribution and sale of the phosphate, the cutting and sale of timber, the obtaining and sale of any other minerals and all other matters incidental thereto (all of which are hereinafter collectively referred to as “the working of the said property”).