7Application

#### 7 Application (1) Part II (other than section 10) does not apply in relation to a proceeding concerning: (a) a contract or other agreement or a bill of exchange that was made or given; (b) a transaction or event that occurred; (c) an act done or omitted to have been done; or (d) a right, liability or obligation that came into existence; before the commencement of this Act. (2) Section 10 does not apply in relation to a submission mentioned in that section that was made before the commencement of this Act. (3) Part III and section 36 do not apply in relation to a proceeding instituted before the commencement of this Act. (4) Part IV only applies where, by virtue of a provision of Part II, the foreign State is not immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of Australia in the proceeding concerned.