Companies (Application of Laws) Act 1982 (Tas)

Companies (Application of Laws) Act 1982

An Act to make provision for the formation of companies in Tasmania, the regulation of companies formed in Tasmania, the registration in Tasmania of certain other bodies, and certain other matters, and for other purposes [Royal Assent 30 June 1982]

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:

PART I - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Companies (Application of Laws) Act 1982 .

2. Commencement (1) This section and section 1 shall commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2) Except as provided in subsection (1) , this Act shall commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires – 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 affected; the applied provisions means the provisions applying by reason of sections 5 and 6 ; Commission means the National Companies and Securities Commission established by the National Companies and Securities Commission Act 1979 of the Commonwealth; Commissioner for Corporate Affairs means the person holding office as Commissioner for Corporate Affairs under section 4 of the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs Act 1980 , and includes any person holding that office in an acting capacity; the Commonwealth Act means the Companies Act 1981 of the Commonwealth; Ministerial Council means the Ministerial Council for Companies and Securities established by the Agreement. (2) In this Act, a reference to a Commonwealth Act shall be construed as including a reference to that Act as amended and in force for the time being and to an Act passed in substitution for that Act. (3) In this Act, a reference to the commencement of this Act is a reference to the day fixed under section 2 (2) .