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FOREIGN ACQUISITIONS AND TAKEOVERS ACT 1975 - SECT 79F

Considerations required by Treasurer before any power exercised

    If the Treasurer proposes to exercise powers under this Subdivision in relation to an action taken, or proposed to be taken, by a person:

  (a)   the Treasurer must be satisfied that the action has been reviewed under Subdivision A; and

  (b)   the Treasurer must be reasonably satisfied that:

  (i)   in a case in which subparagraph   79A(1)(b)(i) applies--the false or misleading statement or the omission directly relates to the national security risk; or

  (ii)   in a case in which subparagraph   79A(1)(b)(ii) applies--the national security risk posed by the material change could not have been reasonably foreseen, or could have been reasonably foreseen but was only a remote possibility, at the time paragraph   79A(1)(a) was satisfied; or

  (iii)   in a case in which subparagraph   79A(1)(b)(iii) applies--the material change alters the nature of the national security risk posed at the time paragraph   79A(1)(a) was satisfied; and

  (c)   the Treasurer must also be satisfied that:

  (i)   reasonable steps have been taken to negotiate in good faith with the person to achieve an outcome of eliminating or reducing the national security risk relating to the action that the Treasurer has decided exists so as to avoid an order being given; and

  (ii)   requiring the person to comply with an order is reasonably necessary for purposes relating to eliminating or reducing the national security risk; and

  (iii)   the use of existing regulatory systems of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory would not adequately eliminate or reduce the national security risk.



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