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s 14

Ownership, possession and use of property etc

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Part IIImmunity from jurisdiction

14 Ownership, possession and use of property etc

(1)

A foreign State is not immune in a proceeding in so far as the proceeding concerns:

(a)

an interest of the State in, or the possession or use by the State of, immovable property in Australia; or

(b)

an obligation of the State that arises out of its interest in, or its possession or use of, property of that kind.

(2)

A foreign State is not immune in a proceeding in so far as the proceeding concerns an interest of the State in property that arose by way of gift made in Australia or by succession.

(3)

A foreign State is not immune in a proceeding in so far as the proceeding concerns:

(a)

bankruptcy, insolvency or the winding up of a body corporate; or

(b)

the administration of a trust, of the estate of a deceased person or of the estate of a person of unsound mind.

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