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50 Listed international agreements
For the purposes of the definition of listed international agreement in clause 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act, the international agreements set out in the following table, as those agreements are in force for Australia at the commencement of this instrument, are specified:
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Listed international agreements</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>International agreement</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Citation</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Plant Protection Agreement for the Asia and Pacific Region, done at Rome on 27</span><span> </span><span>February 1956</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1956 No.</span><span> </span><span>11 ([1956] ATS 11)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar on 2</span><span> </span><span>February 1971</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1975 No.</span><span> </span><span>48 ([1975] ATS 48)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, done at Paris on 23</span><span> </span><span>November 1972</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span></span><span>Australian Treaty Series 1975 No.</span><span> </span><span>47 ([1975] ATS 47)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>International Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, done at London, Mexico City, Moscow and Washington on 29</span><span> </span><span>December 1972</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1985 No.</span><span> </span><span>16 ([1985] ATS 16)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, done at Washington on 3</span><span> </span><span>March 1973</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1976 No.</span><span> </span><span>29 ([1976] ATS 29)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment, done at Tokyo on 6</span><span> </span><span>February 1974</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1981 No.</span><span> </span><span>6 ([1981] ATS 6)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific, done at Apia on 12</span><span> </span><span>June 1976</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1990 No.</span><span> </span><span>41 ([1990] ATS 41)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, done at Bonn on 23</span><span> </span><span>June 1979</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1991 No.</span><span> </span><span>32 ([1991] ATS 32)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning Sovereignty and Maritime Boundaries in the area between the two Countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and Related Matters, done at Sydney on 18</span><span> </span><span>December 1978</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1985 No.</span><span> </span><span>4 ([1985] ATS 4)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>International Plant Protection Convention, done at Rome on 6</span><span> </span><span>December 1951</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1952 No.</span><span> </span><span>5 ([1952] ATS 5)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on 10</span><span> </span><span>December 1982</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1994 No.</span><span> </span><span>31 ([1994] ATS 31)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>12</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, done at Vienna on 22</span><span> </span><span>March 1985</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1988 No.</span><span> </span><span>26 ([1988] ATS 26)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>13</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment, done at Canberra on 20</span><span> </span><span>October 1986</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1988 No.</span><span> </span><span>22 ([1988] ATS 22)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>14</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region, done at Noumea on 24</span><span> </span><span>November 1986</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1990 No.</span><span> </span><span>31 ([1990] ATS 31)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>15</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal on 16</span><span> </span><span>September 1987</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1989 No.</span><span> </span><span>18 ([1989] ATS 18)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>16</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, done at Basel on 22</span><span> </span><span>March 1989</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1992 No.</span><span> </span><span>7 ([1992] ATS 7)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>17</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Cooperation in the Field of Protection and Enhancement of the Environment, done at Canberra on 15</span><span> </span><span>February 1990</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1990 No.</span><span> </span><span>10 ([1990] ATS 10)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>18</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at New York on 9</span><span> </span><span>May 1992</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1994 No.</span><span> </span><span>2 ([1994] ATS 2)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>19</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Convention on Biological Diversity, done at Rio de Janeiro on 5</span><span> </span><span>June 1992</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1993 No.</span><span> </span><span>32 ([1993] ATS 32)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>20</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part</span><span> </span><span>XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10</span><span> </span><span>December 1982, done at New York on 28</span><span> </span><span>July 1994</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 1994 No.</span><span> </span><span>32 ([1994] ATS 32)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>21</span></p></td><td style="width:52.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor</span><span>‑</span><span>Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea, done at New York on 6</span><span> </span><span>March 2018</span></p></td><td style="width:38.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Treaty Series 2019 No.</span><span> </span><span>16 ([2019] ATS 16)</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>