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### 8 International conventions
> [*\[Section 8 Substituted by No. 64 of 2013, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-07-01/act-2013-064#GS5@EN) For the purposes of, and without limiting, [section 8B of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1931-059#GS8B@EN) [Acts Interpretation Act 1931](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1931-059) , any international convention relating to children to which Australia is a signatory and which is in force is extrinsic material in relation to the interpretation of a provision of this Act.
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> > Examples of conventions are the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (1990) and the International Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007).