Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00127:section:36
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00127
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Provision Reference: s 36
Character Range: 36408–37663

36  Meaning of cooperating State

When a State is a cooperating State
 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a State is a cooperating State if the State:
 (a) was a participating State under subsection 35(1); and
 (b) has stopped being a participating State because it terminated its reference of the primary matters; and
 (c) has not terminated its reference of the residual matters; and
 (d) has not terminated its reference of the amendment matters.
 (2) A State is also a cooperating State if the State:
 (a) was a participating State under subsection 35(2); and
 (b) has stopped being a participating State because it terminated its adoption of the primary version of this Act; and
 (c) has not terminated its adoption of the residual version of this Act; and
 (d) has not terminated its reference of the amendment matters.

When a State stops being a cooperating State
 (3) A State stops being a cooperating State if:
 (a) in a case where the State is a cooperating State under subsection (1) of this section—a reference mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) or (d) terminates; or
 (b) in a case where the State is a cooperating State under subsection (2)—the adoption mentioned in paragraph (2)(c), or the reference mentioned in paragraph (2)(d), terminates.