Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia's National Security) Regulations 2020 (F2020L01568)

Schedule 1   National security

Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulation 2015

11   Section 26

Omit:

Division 3 exempts the acquisition of certain interests from being significant actions or notifiable actions. Those interests are, however, taken into account in determining whether a person is a foreign person for the purposes of the Act.

Division 4 provides exemptions relating to particular significant actions or notifiable actions. The Division also deals with the effect of exemption certificates prescribed by this instrument.

substitute:

Division 3 exempts the acquisition of certain interests from being significant actions, notifiable actions or notifiable national security actions. Those interests are, however, taken into account in determining whether a person is a foreign person for the purposes of the Act. Division 3 does not apply to an action that is a reviewable national security action.

Division 4 provides exemptions relating to particular actions. The Division also deals with the effect of exemption certificates prescribed by this instrument.


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