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dispose of phosphate in Australia and New Zealand at a price and upon terms agreed upon by the two Governments;"
Article 2
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Agreement as amended by the First Amending Agreement and by this Agreement, the title of the Commission to phosphate rock in stockpiles in Australia and New Zealand and phosphate rock in transit to the said countries at a date agreed upon by the said Governments may be transferred by the Commission to, or otherwise vested in, each of the respective Governments at a time and on terms agreed upon by the two Governments.
Article 3
The amendment of the Principal Agreement by this Agreement shall not affect the validity or efficacy of any act done prior to, or any matter subsisting at, the coming into force of this Agreement which was done or which arose prior to that date in pursuance of the provisions of the Principal Agreement as amended by the First Amending Agreement.
Article 4
1. Subject to paragraph 2 of this Article, this Agreement shall come into force on the date on which the Government of Australia notifies the Government of New Zealand that it has completed the processes necessary in Australia to give effect to this Agreement.
SCHEDULE—continued

2. The amendments of the Principal Agreement made by Article 1 shall take effect on the 1st July
3. The Principal Agreement as amended by the First Amending Agreement and by this Agreement shall be known as the Christmas Island Agreement 1958-1981.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorised thereto, have signed this Agreement, and have affixed thereto their seals.
DONE at Canberra this ninth day of June 1981.

Michael MacKellar                L. J. Francis
For the Government of Australia  For the Government of New Zealand

NOTE
1. No. 69, 1958, as amended by No. 216, 1973.