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on the thirtieth day after the number of instruments of acceptance deposited reaches two thirds of the number of States Parties at the date of adoption of the amendment.

  Article 48
  Denunciation

 A State Party may denounce the present Convention by written notification to the Secretary‑General of the United Nations. The denunciation shall become effective one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary‑General.

  Article 49
  Accessible format

 The text of the present Convention shall be made available in accessible formats.

  Article 50
  Authentic texts

 The Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of the present Convention shall be equally authentic.

 In witness thereof the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention.

Schedule 2 Instrument of Ratification
(section 5)

    WHEREAS the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Convention) was signed for Australia on 30 March 2007; and

          WHEREAS Australia may ratify the Convention in accordance with Article 43:

    THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA, having considered the Convention, now hereby RATIFIES the same, for and on behalf of Australia, with the following declarations:

          Australian recognises that persons with disability enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life. Australia declares its understanding that the Convention allows for fully supported or substituted decision‑making arrangements, which provide for decisions to be made on behalf of a person, only where such arrangements are necessary, as a last resort and subject to safeguards;

          Australian recognises that every person with disability has a right to respect for his or her physical and mental integrity on an equal basis with others. Australia further declares its understanding that the Convention allows for compulsory assistance or treatment of persons, including measures taken for the treatment of mental disability, where such treatment is necessary, as a last resort and subject to safeguards;

          Australia recognises the rights of persons with disability to liberty of movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on an equal basis with others. Australia further declares its understanding that the Convention does not create a right for a person to enter or remain in a country of which he or she is not a national, nor impact on Australia's health requirements for non‑nationals seeking to enter or remain in Australia, where these requirements are based on legitimate, objective and reasonable criteria.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, STEPHEN FRANCIS SMITH, Minister for Foreign Affairs, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal.

          DONE at Sydney this seventeenth day of July, two thousand and eight.

                                      Stephen Smith

                                      Minister for Foreign Affairs

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