Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Act 1981 (Tas)

Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Act 1981

An Act relating to the interpretation of certain provisions relating to corporations and the securities industry, and for certain other matters [Royal Assent 20 May 1981]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Act 1981 .

2. Commencement (1) This section and section 1 shall commence on the date of assent to this Act. (2) Except as provided in subsection (1) , this Act shall commence on the day on which the National Companies and Securities Commission (State Provisions) Act 1981 commences.

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Agreement means the agreement made on 22nd December 1978 between the Commonwealth and the States in relation to a proposed scheme for the co-operative regulation of companies and the securities industry or, if that agreement is or has been amended or affected by another agreement, that agreement as so amended or affected; Code means the provisions of an Act passed by the Parliament of the Commonwealth pursuant to the Agreement as in force for the time being, being provisions applying, by reason of an Act passed by the Parliament of Tasmania pursuant to the Agreement, as laws of Tasmania; Ministerial Council means the Ministerial Council for Companies and Securities established by the Agreement; Tasmania means the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies; the Commonwealth Act means the Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980 of the Commonwealth as amended and in force for the time being.