Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

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Treaties tabled on 29 November 2005

Terms of Reference

The following treaties were tabled 29 November 2005.

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There is currently a total of 5 treaties in the following list.

Treaty text: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China concerning transfer of sentenced persons, done at Hong Kong on 25 November 2005
(PDF 46KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and background information for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region treaty (PDF 138KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Amendments to the Statute of the Hague Conference on Private International Law of 31 October 1951 (The Hague, 30 June 2005)
(PDF 142KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and background information for the Statute of the Hague Conference treaty (PDF 38KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Universal Postal Union: Seventh Additional Protocol to the Constitution of 10 July 1964, as amended; Convention, and Final Protocol; General Regulations, done at Bucharest on 5 October 2004
(PDF 600KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and background information for the Universal Postal Union treaty (PDF 50KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: RIS (PDF 34KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Annex G: Settlement of Disputes to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, done at Stockholm on 22 May 2001 (Punta del Este, Uruguay, 6 May 2005)
(PDF 74KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and background information for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants treaty (PDF 214KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments (Canberra, 16 June 2005)
(PDF 108KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and background information for the Promotion and Protection of Investments treaty (PDF 114KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

The Committee invited interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the terms of reference by Thursday 22 December 2005. Anyone now seeking to make a submission should contact the Committee Secretariat. Please refer to our brochure called preparing a submission for more information.

Printed copies of the National Interest Analyses and treaty texts for these proposed treaty actions can also be obtained from the Committee Secretariat.