Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

PART 4 - NOTICES REQUIRED FOR NOTIFIABLE ACTIONS AND NOTIFIABLE NATIONAL SECURITY ACTIONS, AND MAY BE GIVEN OF OTHER ACTIONS  

SECTION 81   COMPULSORY NOTICE OF NOTIFIABLE ACTIONS AND NOTIFIABLE NATIONAL SECURITY ACTIONS  

81(1)    


A foreign person who proposes to take a notifiable action or notifiable national security action (other than because of the operation of section 18A (increasing percentage of interests without acquiring additional interests in securities)) must give a notice to the Treasurer before taking the action.

81(1A)    


A foreign person who takes a notifiable action or notifiable national security action because of the operation of section 18A (increasing percentage of interests without acquiring additional interests in securities) must give a notice to the Treasurer before the end of 30 days after the action is taken.

Note: The notice may be given before or after the action is taken.


81(2)    


If a person takes an action by entering an agreement, the notice must deal with each notifiable action or notifiable national security action covered by the agreement.

Note: See also subsections 15(4) and (5) (provisions of agreements that are not currently binding), Parts 5 (offences and civil penalties) and 6 (fees) and section 135 (manner of notification and application).





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