DIAMOND (ARGYLE DIAMOND MINES JOINT VENTURE) AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2008Diamond (Argyle Diamond Mines Joint Venture) Agreement • March 5th, 2009
Contract Type FiledMarch 5th, 2009The purpose of this bill is to ratify an agreement made on 21 May 2008 between the state, Argyle Diamond Mines Ltd and Rio Tinto Diamonds Ltd—which I will refer to as the variation agreement—that provides for the variation of an agreement made on 17 November 1981, titled the Diamond (Argyle Diamond Mines Joint Venture) Agreement Act 1981 as varied; that is, the state agreement. This legislation is necessary in order to give effect to the variation of the state agreement as set out in the variation agreement.