Overseas Investment (Other Measures) Amendment Bill [pdf, 188 KB]
...conjunction with our advice on the previous Bill1 and our advice on the Emergency Measures Bill.2 4. The Bill largely contains measures from the previous Bill which do not need to be put in place urgently to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. Notably, clause 59A of the Bill enables the Governor-General to make Orders in Council that reinstate all or part of the ‘emergency notification regime’ proposed by the Emergency Measures Bill in respect of a future emergency. 5. We have conc...