Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020
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49 Matters relating to declarations about subsidiary arrangements
(1) This section applies if the Minister makes a declaration under subsection 46(2) or (3), 47(2) or 48(2) or (3) in relation to a subsidiary arrangement.
Revoking declaration
(3) The Minister may revoke the declaration if the Minister ceases to be satisfied of the matters on which the declaration was made.
(4) However, the Minister may not revoke the declaration if it has already come into force.
(5) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after making the declaration, take reasonable steps to give the parties to the subsidiary arrangement a written notice under this subsection that:
(6) If, under subsection (3), the Minister revokes the declaration, then the Minister must, as soon as practicable, take reasonable steps to give the parties to the subsidiary arrangement a written notice that states that the declaration is revoked.