National Companies and Securities Commission Amendment Act 1981 (Cth)

National Companies and Securities Commission Amendment Act 1981

No. 1 of 1981

An Act to amend the National Companies and Securities Commission Act 1979

[Assented to 5 March 1981]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the National Companies and Securities Commission Amendment Act 1981.

(2) The National Companies and Securities Commission Act 19791 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement 2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation 3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "Agreement" and substituting the following definition: "'Agreement' means the agreement made on 22 December 1978 between the Commonwealth and the States a copy of which

is set out in the Schedule or, if that agreement is or has been amended or affected by another agreement, that agreement as so amended or affected;"; and (b) by inserting after the definition of "Ministerial Council" the following definition: "'Ministerial Council secretariat' means the staff provided to the Ministerial Council pursuant to section 44a;".

Divisions of Commission 4. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "the Chairman and such other members" and substituting "such members"; (b) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section: "(1a) A resolution under sub-section (1) constituting a Division of the Commission shall, if the Chairman is not a member of the Division, specify a member of the Division as the chairman of that Division."; and (c) by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following sub-section: "(4) For the purposes of the determination of a matter specified in a direction given under sub-section (1)— (a) the Commission shall be deemed to consist of the Division of the Commission specified in the direction; (b) a meeting of the Division shall be deemed to be a meeting of the Commission; and (c) if the Chairman is not a member of the Division, the member specified by the Commission under sub-section (1a) shall be deemed to be the Chairman.".