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AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION ACT 1987 - SECT 7A

Immunity of Organisation etc. from certain State and Territory laws

  (1)   Subject to subsection   ( 4), a law to which this section applies does not apply, and is taken never to have applied, in relation to:

  (a)   the Organisation; or

  (b)   the Organisation's property or transactions; or

  (c)   anything done by or on behalf of the Organisation.

  (2)   Subject to subsections   ( 4) and (5), at all times during which the Organisation holds, or has held, a controlling interest in a particular company, a law to which this section applies does not apply, or is taken not to have applied, as the case requires, in relation to:

  (a)   the company; or

  (b)   the company's property or transactions; or

  (c)   anything done by or on behalf of the company.

  (3)   This section applies to a law of a State or Territory so far as the law relates to:

  (a)   the use or proposed use of land or premises; or

  (b)   the environmental consequences of the use of land or premises; or

  (c)   radioactive materials or dangerous goods; or

  (d)   licensing in relation to:

  (i)   employment; or

  (ii)   carrying on a particular kind of business or undertaking; or

  (iii)   conducting a particular kind of operation.

  (4)   This section does not apply to a law of a kind referred to in subsection   ( 3) if the law is specified in regulations made for the purposes of this subsection.

  (5)   Subsection   ( 2) does not apply in relation to any property or transaction of a company of a kind referred to in that subsection, or to anything done by such a company, if the property, transaction or thing is wholly unconnected with any matter that is within the scope of the Organisation's functions or powers.

  (6)   Nothing in this section implies that a law to which this section does not apply, applies in relation to:

  (a)   the Organisation; or

  (b)   the property or transactions of the Organisation; or

  (c)   any act or thing done by or on behalf of the Organisation.

  (7)   In this section:

"law" means a written law, and includes:

  (a)   subordinate legislation; and

  (b)   a provision of a law.

 



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