APPENDIX B

Legislation, Policy Statements and Publications

Legislation

1. Companies (Foreign Take-overs) Act 1972, No 134 of 1972 - November 1972.

2. Companies (Foreign Take-overs) Act 1973, No 199 of 1973 - December 1973.

3. Foreign Takeovers Act 1975, No 92 of 1975 - August 1975 (now known as the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 as amended).

4. Foreign Takeovers Amendment Act 1976, No 93 of 1976 - September 1976.

5. Statutory Rules 1975, No 226 - December 1975.

6. Statutory Rules 1976, No 203 - September 1976.

7. Commonwealth Functions (Statutes Review) Act 1981, No 74 of 1981 - June 1981.

8. Foreign Takeovers Amendment Act 1989, No 14 of 1989 - August 1989.

9. Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulations (Amendment), No 302 - 24 September 1991.

10. Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulations (Amendment), No 295 - 31 August 1994.

11. Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulations (Amendment), No 416 - 17 January 1996.

Policy Statements

1. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Review of Foreign Investment Policy - 20 December 1983.

2. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Foreign Investment Policy and Stockbroking - 18 April 1984.

3. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Participation in Banking in Australia and Other Issues of Financial Deregulation - 10 September 1984.

4. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Foreign Investment Policy and Stockbroking - 18 December 1984.

5. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - New Banking Authorities - 27 February 1985.

6. Statement by the Acting Treasurer, the Hon Chris Hurford, MP - Review of Foreign Investment Policy - 29 October 1985.

7. Statement by the Acting Treasurer, the Hon Chris Hurford, MP - Economic and Rural Policy Statement - 15 April 1986.

8. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Foreign Investment Policy Relaxations - 28 July 1986.

9. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Further Liberalisation of Foreign Investment Policy - 30 April 1987.

10. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Thin Capitalisation and Corporate Restructures in relation to Foreign Investment Policy - 30 April 1987.

11. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Foreign Investment Policy: Developed Residential Real Estate - 29 September 1987.

12. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Foreign Investment Policy: New Oil and Gas Developments - 20 January 1988.

13. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Paul Keating, MP - Proclamation of Foreign Takeovers Amendment Act 1989 and Gazettal of Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulations - 6 July 1989.

14. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon J. Kerin, MP - Foreign Investment Policy: Integrated Tourism Resorts - 25 July 1991.

15. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon J. Kerin, MP - Foreign Investment in the Print Media - 10 October 1991.

16. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon J. Dawkins, MP - Economic Statement: Foreign Investment Policy Changes - 26 February 1992.

17. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon J. Dawkins, MP - Modification to Foreign Investment Policy. Residential Real Estate and Developed Non-Commercial Real Estate - 1 April 1993.

18. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon J. Dawkins, MP - Foreign Investment Policy: Mass Circulation Newspapers - 20 April 1993.

19. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon R. Willis, MP - Government Response to the Reports by the Senate Select Committee on Certain Aspects of Foreign Ownership Decisions in Relation to the Print Media - 26 September 1995.

20. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon P. Costello, MP - Rationalisation of Notification Thresholds for Portfolio Investments in the Media Sector - 18 September 1996.

21. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon P. Costello, MP - Uranium Sector - 19 November 1996.

22. Statement by the Assistant Treasurer, Senator the Hon Rod Kemp, - Foreign Investment Policy: Forced Divestiture of Residential Real Estate involving Australian Trustee - 11 December 1996.

23. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon P. Costello, MP - Release of the Report of the Financial System Inquiry and Initial Government Response on Mergers Policy - 9 April 1997.

24. Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon P. Costello, MP - Foreign Investment Policy: Ownership structure for the Ten Group Ltd (TGL) - Canwest/TNQ Float Proposal - 6 March 1998.

Publications

• Foreign Investment Review Board Reports: 1977 to 1998.
• Australia’s Foreign Investment Policy - A Guide for Investors, Revised September 1992.
• Summary of Australia’s Foreign Investment Policy
• General
• Real Estate

(updated regularly)

Current information on Australia’s foreign investment policy is available on the internet at: http://www.treasury.gov.au