Space Activities Amendment (Bilateral Agreement) Act 2001 (Cth)

Space Activities Amendment (Bilateral Agreement) Act 2001

No. 101, 2001

Space Activities Amendment (Bilateral Agreement) Act 2001

No. 101, 2001

An Act to amend the Space Activities Act 1998, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s)..................................

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Space Activities Act 1998

Space Activities Amendment (Bilateral Agreement) Act 2001

No. 101, 2001

An Act to amend the Space Activities Act 1998, and for related purposes

[Assented to 4 September 2001]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Space Activities Amendment (Bilateral Agreement) Act 2001.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Space Activities Act 1998

1 At the end of paragraph 3(c) Add: ; and (d) to implement certain of Australia's obligations under specified space cooperation agreements.

2 Section 4 (simplified outline) After:

• A Register of Space Objects is established under Part 5. insert:

• Part 5A provides a framework for implementation of specified space cooperation agreements.

3 Section 8 Insert:

intergovernmental agreement with Russia means the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Field of the Exploration and Use Of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes done at Canberra on 23 May 2001 the English text of which is set out in Schedule 6, and includes that Agreement as amended from time to time in relation to Australia.