Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01084:section:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01084
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5
Character Range: 7789–9564

5  Application of Part
  This Part applies in relation to:
 (a) any proceedings instituted in or before a foreign court, being proceedings that:
 (i) relate to or affect trade or commerce with other countries or among the States;
 (ii) relate to or affect the trading operations of a trading corporation formed within the limits of the Commonwealth or the business operations of a financial corporation formed within the limits of the Commonwealth;
 (iii) relate to or affect banking, other than State banking not extending beyond the limits of the State concerned;
 (iv) relate to or affect insurance, other than State insurance not extending beyond the limits of the State concerned;
 (v) constitute an external affair; or
 (vi) are connected with proceedings that constitute an external affair;
 (b) any action taken by a foreign authority in connection with, or for the purposes of, substantive proceedings or any action taken by a foreign authority that is ancillary to substantive proceedings;
 (c) any proceedings instituted in or before a foreign court, or action taken by a foreign authority, in connection with, or for the purposes of:
 (i) the making of a decision whether substantive proceedings should be instituted; or
 (ii) the institution, or the proposed institution, of substantive proceedings; and
 (d) any proceedings instituted in or before a foreign court, or action taken by a foreign authority, in connection with, or for the purposes of, the enforcement of any judgment given in substantive proceedings, including any proceedings for contribution instituted in or before a foreign court by a person who was a defendant in substantive proceedings.

Division 2—Prohibition of the giving of certain evidence in foreign courts or to foreign authorities