Co-operatives National Law (Tasmania) Act 2015 (Tas)

Co-operatives National Law (Tasmania) Act 2015

An Act to make provision for a national legislative scheme relating to the formation, registration and management of co-operatives, to repeal the Cooperatives Act 1999 and for related purposes [Royal Assent 15 May 2015]

Be it enacted by Her 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 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Co-operatives National Law (Tasmania) Act 2015 .

2. Commencement The provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation (1) For the purposes of this Act, the local application provisions of this Act are the provisions of this Act other than the Co-operatives National Law. (2) In the local application provisions of this Act – Co-operatives National Law (Tasmania) means the provisions applying in relation to this jurisdiction because of section 4(1) ; Co-operatives National Regulations or National Regulations means the Co-operatives National Regulations made under the Co-operatives National Law; Co-operatives National Regulations (Tasmania) means the provisions applying in relation to this jurisdiction because of section 4(2) ; Director-General means the Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading appointed under the Consumer Affairs Act 1988 ; instrument includes a document; local regulations means regulations made under section 15 , but does not include the Co-operatives National Regulations and the Co-operatives National Regulations (Tasmania); this jurisdiction means the State of Tasmania. (3) Terms used in the local application provisions of this Act and also in the Co-operatives National Law have the same meanings in those provisions as they have in that Law. (4) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.