Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Act 2000 (NSW)

Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Act 2000 No 71

An Act to provide for Westpac Banking Corporation to be registered as a public company limited by shares under the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; to provide for the repeal of certain legislation applying specifically to the Westpac Banking Corporation; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Act 2000.

2 Commencement This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act: ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. deed of settlement means the deed of settlement that is referred to in the preamble to the Bank of New South Wales Act of 1850, as subsequently amended from time to time. registration date means the registration day specified by the Attorney General in an order made under section 5A. transfer resolution means a transfer resolution referred to in section 6. Westpac means the body politic and corporate constituted by the Bank of New South Wales Act of 1850, whose corporate name is Westpac Banking Corporation.

Note— Section 4 of the Bank of New South Wales (Change of Name) Act 1982 provided for the corporate name of the Bank of New South Wales constituted by the 1850 Act to be Westpac Banking Corporation. Westpac company means Westpac after it is taken to be registered as a public company limited by shares under the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth by operation of section 5H (4) of that Act. Westpac shareholder means a shareholder within the meaning of the deed of settlement. (2) Words and expressions used in this Act have the same meanings as in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, except in so far as they are defined differently in this Act or the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires. (3) (Repealed)