COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
ORDER UNDER SUBSECTION 22(1)
WHEREAS —
(A) CPC Corporation, Taiwan, including its indirectly held wholly-owned subsidiaries:
• OPIC Ichthys Pty Ltd (ACN 162 023 887);
• OPIC Australia Pty Limited (ABN 66 008 603 487); and
• OPIC LNG Holding Pty Ltd (ACN 162 023 878) (together CPC Corporation) are foreign persons for the purposes of section 21A of the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (Act); and
(B) CPC Corporation proposes to acquire interests in Australian urban land referred to in the notice furnished on 6 September 2013 under section 26A of the Act.
NOW THEREFORE, I, David Earl, Acting Manager, Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Division of the Treasury, and authorised to make this order for and on behalf of the Treasurer, PROHIBIT, pursuant to subsection 22(1) of the Act, for the purpose of enabling due consideration as to whether an order should be made under subsection 21A(2) of the Act, the proposed acquisition for a period not exceeding ninety days after the date this interim order comes into operation, or the date on which notice is given that the Commonwealth Government does not object to the proposed acquisition, whichever occurs first.
Dated this 4th day of October 2013
Acting Manager
Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Division