Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2012 (WA)

Western Australia Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2012 Western Australia Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2012 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 Part 2 — Adoption of national business names legislation and referral to Commonwealth 3. Terms used 3 4. Continuing business names matters 4 5. Adoption of national business names legislation 6 6. Reference of continuing business names matters 6 7. Amendment of Commonwealth law 7 8. Termination of adoption and amendment reference 7 9. Effect of termination of amendment reference before termination of adoption 8 10. Regulations 9 11. Regulations for purposes of Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Commonwealth) s. 13 and 14 9 12. Transitional regulations 10 13. Review of Act 11 Part 3 — Business Names Act 1962 amended 14. Act amended 12 15. Section 3A inserted 12 3A. Expiry of Act 12 16. Section 4 amended 12 17. Section 4A amended 13 18. Sections 4B and 4C inserted 14 4B. Commissioner may act for purposes of national business names legislation 14 4C. Outstanding matters 15 19. Section 5 amended 17 20. Section 5A amended 17 21. Section 6 amended 18 22. Section 7 amended 18 23. Section 9 amended 20 24. Section 10 amended 21 25. Section 11 amended 22 26. Section 12 amended 23 27. Section 13 amended 25 28. Section 18 amended 25 29. Section 19 amended 25 30. Section 21 amended 28 31. Section 22 amended 28 32. Section 23 amended 28 33. Section 24 amended 28 34. Section 25 deleted 29 35. Section 28 amended 29 Part 4 — Other Acts amended Division 1 — Auction Sales Act 1973 amended 36. Act amended 30 37. Section 4 amended 30 Division 2 — Employment Agents Act 1976 amended 38. Act amended 30 39. Section 4 amended 30 Division 3 — Legal Profession Act 2008 amended 40. Act amended 30 41. Section 157 amended 31 Division 4 — Settlement Agents Act 1981 amended 42. Act amended 31 43. Schedule 2 clause 2 amended 31 Division 5 — Travel Agents Act 1985 amended 44. Act amended 31 45. Section 14 amended 31 Notes Compilation table 32 Defined terms Western Australia Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2012 An Act — * to adopt the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Commonwealth) and the Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011 (Commonwealth), and to refer certain matters relating to the registration and use of business names to the Parliament of the Commonwealth, for the purposes of section 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth; and * to amend the Business Names Act 1962 to effect the transition of the regulation of business names from the State to the Commonwealth; and * to make consequential amendments to various Acts, and for related purposes. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: