Wheat Marketing Amendment Act 1997 (Cth)

Wheat Marketing Amendment Act 1997

No. 194, 1997

Wheat Marketing Amendment Act 1997

No. 194, 1997

An Act to amend the Wheat Marketing Act 1989, and for other purposes

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary 1 1 Short title..................................1 2 Commencement..............................1

Part 2—Transitional provisions relating to the restructure of the Australian Wheat Board 3 Division 1—Introduction 3 3 Simplified outline.............................3 4 Definitions.................................3 5 Crown to be bound.............................5 6 External Territories............................5 7 Extra-territorial operation.........................5 Division 2—Board to facilitate transfer of functions to designated companies 6 8 Board to facilitate transfer of functions to designated companies..6 Division 3—Transfers from the Board to designated companies 7 Subdivision A—Transfers of assets, contracts and liabilities 7 9 Transfer of assets..............................7 10 Transfer of contractual rights and obligations.............8 11 Transfer of liabilities............................9 Subdivision B—Transfer of staff to nominated company A 9 12 Transfer of staff from the Board.....................9 13 Terms and conditions—transferred employees............10 14 Accrued benefits—transferred employees...............10 15 Continuity of service of transferred employees............11 16 Termination payments—transferred employees...........11 17 Variation of terms and conditions—transferred employees.....11 18 Mobility rights—transferred employees................11 Division 4—Exemption from stamp duty 12 19 Exemption from stamp duty.......................12 Division 5—Board to be treated as the agent of nominated company A or nominated company B in connection with pre-commencement transactions relating to new season wheat 13 20 Definitions.................................13 21 Pooling transactions...........................13 22 Borrowing transactions.........................14 23 Futures contracts, hedging contracts etc................15 24 Investments................................15 25 Expenses..................................16 26 Assumptions................................16 Division 6—FOI and privacy matters 17 27 Requests under the Freedom of Information Act 1982........17 28 Complaints and investigations under the Privacy Act 1988.....18 Division 7—Miscellaneous 20 29 Transfers of land may be registered..................20 30 This Part does not modify registers kept by land registration officials20 31 Legislative Instruments Act does not apply to this Part.......20 32 Transfer of pending proceedings....................21 33 Operation of this Part does not place a person in breach of contract etc. 21 34 Transfer of records............................21 35 Designated company not to be an agency of the Commonwealth etc.22 36 Compensation—constitutional safety‑net.........22 37 Delegation.................................23 38 Commonwealth records.........................23 39 This Part does not authorise the imposition of taxation.......23 40 Regulations................................24