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Foreign States Immunities Act 1985

No. 196, 1985

Compilation No. 5

Compilation date: 18 February 2022

Includes amendments up to: Act No. 3, 2022

Registered: 23 February 2022

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Foreign States Immunities Act 1985 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 18 February 2022 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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Contents
Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Interpretation
4 External Territories
5 Act to bind Crown
6 Savings of other laws
7 Application
8 Application to courts
Part II—Immunity from jurisdiction
9 General immunity from jurisdiction
10 Submission to jurisdiction
11 Commercial transactions
12 Contracts of employment
13 Personal injury and damage to property
14 Ownership, possession and use of property etc.
15 Copyright, patents, trade marks etc.
16 Membership of bodies corporate etc.
17 Arbitrations
18 Actions in rem
19 Bills of exchange
20 Taxes
21 Related proceedings
22 Application of Part to separate entities
Part III—Service and judgments
23 Service of initiating process by agreement
24 Service through the diplomatic channel
25 Other service ineffective
26 Waiver of objection to service
26A Judgments and orders in ex parte proceedings
27 Judgments or orders in default of appearance
28 Enforcement of judgments and orders in default of