INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Short title [see Note 1] 2. Commencement [see Note 1] 3. Interpretation 4. Agreements for purchase of additional shares of capital stock of the Bank 5. Agreements for purchase of additional shares of capital stock of the Corporation 6. Agreements subject to terms and conditions 7. Appropriation and issue of securities INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - LONG TITLE An Act relating to the purchase of additional shares of the capital stock of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and of the International Finance Corporation INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - SECT 1 Short title [see Note 1] This Act may be cited as the International Financial Institutions (Share Increase) Act 1982. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - SECT 2 Commencement [see Note 1] This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - SECT 3 Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: "Bank" means the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development established under the Articles of Agreement set out in Schedule 2 to the International Monetary Agreements Act 1947. "Corporation" means the International Finance Corporation established under the Articles of Agreement set out in the First Schedule to the International Finance Corporation Act 1955. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - SECT 4 Agreements for purchase of additional shares of capital stock of the Bank The Treasurer may, on behalf of Australia, make an agreement or agreements with the Bank for the purchase by Australia of 6,287 additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank at a price per share that is the equivalent of 100,000 United States dollars, being dollars in the currency of the United States of America of the weight and fineness that was in effect on 1 July 1944. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - SECT 5 Agreements for purchase of additional shares of capital stock of the Corporation The Treasurer may, on behalf of Australia, make an agreement or agreements with the Corporation for the purchase by Australia of 9,976 additional shares of the capital stock of the Corporation at a price per share of 1,000 United States dollars or their equivalent in any other freely convertible currency. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - SECT 6 Agreements subject to terms and conditions Subject to this Act, an agreement referred to in section 4 or 5 may contain such terms and conditions as the Treasurer determines. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - SECT 7 Appropriation and issue of securities (1) There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly, the moneys necessary for the purpose of making any payment to be made by Australia in pursuance of an agreement made under section 4 or section 5. (2) Section 7 of the International Monetary Agreements Act 1947 applies to any payment to be made by Australia in pursuance of an agreement made under section 4 as it applies to payments under that Act. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - NOTES Compilation Information [GRAPHIC]International Financial Institutions (Share Increase) Act 1982 Act No. 7 of 1982 This Act was prepared on 15 April 2004 Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,Attorney-General's Department, Canberra INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982 - NOTES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (SHARE INCREASE) ACT 1982Notes to the International Financial Institutions (Share Increase) Act 1982 Note 1 Act No. 7, 1982; assented to and commenced 30 March 1982.