Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00112:reg:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5
Character Range: 3004–3795

5  Purpose of these Regulations (Act s 13C)
  For section 13C of the Act, these Regulations are a set of Article 11 regulations that provide for and in relation to giving effect to an Article 11 arrangement, being the bilateral arrangement between Australia and the Democratic Republic of East Timor (Timor‑Leste), the text of which is set out in Schedule 1.
Note 1: Section 4C of the Act provides that the Minister may declare that an arrangement entered into by Australia is an Article 11 arrangement under the Basel Convention.  On 9 December 2002 the Minister made such a declaration.
Note 2: The Basel Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1992 No. 7 ([1992] ATS 7) and could in 2017 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).