Foreign States Immunities Act 1985

Part II (other than section 10) does not apply in relation to a proceeding concerning:

a contract or other agreement or a bill of exchange that was made or given;

a transaction or event that occurred;

an act done or omitted to have been done; or

a right, liability or obligation that came into existence;

Section 10 does not apply in relation to a submission mentioned in that section that was made before the commencement of this Act.

Part III and section 36 do not apply in relation to a proceeding instituted before the commencement of this Act.

Part IV only applies where, by virtue of a provision of Part II, the foreign State is not immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of Australia in the proceeding concerned.