An Act to update certain references in Acts and Regulations to previous corporations legislation of this State consequent on the enactment by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of new corporations legislation and new ASIC legislation; to enact provisions to avoid inconsistency between State laws and the Commonwealth Acts; to enact certain transitional provisions; and for other purposes.

1   Name of Act

This Act is the Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001.

2   Commencement

(1)  Subject to subsections (2)–(4), this Act commences on the commencement of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.

(2)  The following provisions of this Act commence immediately before the commencement of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth:

(a)  the amendment made to the Gas Industry Restructuring Act 1986 by Schedule 2.23 [6],

(b)  the amendment made to the Legal Profession Act 1987 by Schedule 2.30 [3],

(c)  the amendments made to the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) Act 1990 by Schedule 2.39,

(d)  the amendments made to the Sydney Turf Club Act 1943 by Schedule 2.50,

(e)  the amendment made to the Totalizator Act 1997 by Schedule 4.66 [5],

(f)  the amendment made to the Totalizator Agency Board Privatisation Act 1997 by Schedule 4.67 [1].

(3)  If the Home Building Legislation Amendment Act 2001 is enacted after the commencement of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, the amendments made to the former Act by Schedule 4.22 commence on the day on which the former Act is enacted.

(4)  If the Sydney Olympic Park Authority Act 2001 is enacted after the commencement of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, the amendment made to the former Act by Schedule 4.62 commences on the day on which the former Act is enacted.

3   (Repealed)

4   Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Regulation 2001

(1)  Schedule 7 is taken to be and has effect as a regulation made under the Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001.

(2)  Without limiting subsection (1), the regulation set out in Schedule 7 may be amended or repealed under the Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001.

(3)  Sections 39, 40 and 41 of the Interpretation Act 1987 do not apply to the regulation set out in Schedule 7.

5   Explanatory notes

The matter appearing under the heading “Explanatory note” in any of the Schedules does not form part of this Act.

Schedules 1–6 (Repealed)

Schedule 7 Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Regulation 2001

(Section 4)

1   Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Regulation 2001.

2   Commencement

This Regulation commences on the commencement of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.

3   Definitions

(1)  In this Regulation:

the Act means the Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001.

(2)  Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.

4   Provisions in State laws that are not to include reference to corresponding new corporations legislation

(1)  In this clause:

new reference means a reference to:

(a)  the new corporations legislation, or

(b)  the new ASIC legislation, or

(c)  a provision or group of provisions of that legislation.

old reference means a reference to a national scheme law of this jurisdiction.

(2)  Section 11 (1) and (5) of the Act does not apply in relation to any old reference in, or taken immediately before the relevant time to be in, the following Acts and instruments (or provisions of Acts and instruments):

(a)  the Associations Incorporation Act 1984,

(b)  the Business Names Act 1962,

(c)  the Conveyancing Act 1919,

(d)  the Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998 and the regulations made under that Act,

(e)  the Co-operatives Act 1992 and the regulations made under that Act,

(f)  the Duties Act 1997,

(g)  the Gas Industry Restructuring Act 1986,

(h)  the Grain Marketing Act 1991,

(i)  the Legal Profession Act 1987 and the regulations made under that Act,

(j)  the National Rail Corporation (Agreement) Act 1991,

(k)  the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) Act 1990,

(l)  the Revenue Laws (Reciprocal Powers) Act 1987,

(m)  the Stamp Duties Act 1920,

(n)  the Supreme Court Act 1970,

(o)  the Sydney Turf Club Act 1943,

(p)  the Totalizator Act 1997, the Totalizator Agency Board Privatisation Act 1997, and the regulations made under those Acts,

(q)  the Westpac Banking Corporation Act 1995 and the Westpac Banking Corporation Regulation 1996.

(3)  Section 11 (5) of the Act does not apply to a new reference in a provision of an Act, instrument or law if, immediately before the relevant time, the provision did not expressly refer (or was not taken to be or include) a reference to a corresponding provision of the national scheme law of this jurisdiction.

Note. Immediately before the relevant time, certain references to the Companies Act 1961 and other corporation laws in force in the State before the co-operative scheme laws did not include references to the national scheme law. Some of these references were replaced in the Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 by references to the new corporations legislation and the new ASIC legislation.

(4)  Unless the contrary intention appears or the context of the reference requires otherwise, any new reference in a provision to which subclause (3) applies is taken to include a reference to a previous State corporations law (or provision of such a law) to which it referred immediately before the relevant time in relation to events, circumstances or things that happened or arose before the relevant time.

Notes

Index of Acts and Regulations amended by Schedules 1–6

Agricultural Industry Services Act 1998 No 45—Schedule 4.1
Air Transport Act 1964 No 36—Schedule 2.1
Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 No 156—Schedule 6.1
Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984 No 87—Schedule 6.2
Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 No 48—Schedule 4.2
Apiaries Act 1985 No 16—Schedule 2.2
Associations Incorporation Act 1984 No 143—Schedule 4.3
Associations Incorporation Regulation 1999—Schedule 5.1
Business Names Act 1962 No 11—Schedule 2.3
C.B. Alexander Foundation Incorporation Act 1969 No 61—Schedule 1.1
Casino Control Regulation 1995—Schedule 5.2
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology Act 1985 No 192—Schedule 2.4
Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 No 69—Schedule 4.4
Charitable Fundraising Regulation 1998—Schedule 5.3
Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998 No 11—Schedule 4.11
Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Regulation 2000—Schedule 5.7
Co-operatives Act 1992 No 18—Schedule 4.12
Co-operatives Regulation 1997—Schedule 5.8
Commercial Agents and Private Inquiry Agents Act 1963 No 4—Schedule 2.5
Commercial Agents and Private Inquiry Agents Regulation 2000—Schedule 5.4
Commons Management Regulation 1996—Schedule 5.5
Community Land Management Act 1989 No 202—Schedule 4.6
Community Justice Centres Act 1983 No 127—Schedule 4.5
Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 No 90—Schedule 2.6
Constitution (Disclosures by Members) Regulation 1983—Schedule 3
Consumer Claims Act 1998 No 162—Schedule 4.7
Consumer Credit Administration Act 1995 No 69—Schedule 4.8
Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 No 140—Schedule 4.9
Conveyancers Licensing Act 1995 No 57—Schedule 4.10
Conveyancers Licensing Regulation 1993—Schedule 5.6
Conveyancing Act 1919 No 6—Schedule 2.7
Credit Act 1984 No 94—Schedule 2.8
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 No 93—Schedule 4.13
Crimes Act 1900 No 40—Schedule 2.9
Dangerous Goods Act 1975 No 68—Schedule 2.10
Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 No 63—Schedule 2.11
Duties Act 1997 No 123—Schedule 4.14
Election Funding Act 1981 No 78—Schedules 1.2, 2.12 and 4.15
Electricity (Pacific Power) Act 1950 No 22—Schedule 4.16
Energy Administration Act 1987 No 103—Schedule 2.13
Entertainment Industry Act 1989 No 230—Schedule 2.14
Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000—Schedule 5.9
Eraring Power Station Act 1981 No 107—Schedule 1.3
Essential Services Act 1988 No 41—Schedule 2.15
Evidence Act 1995 No 25—Schedule 4.17
Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962 No 43—Schedule 2.16
Fair Trading Act 1987 No 68—Schedule 2.17
Fair Trading Tribunal Regulation 1999—Schedule 5.10
Farm Debt Mediation Act 1994 No 91—Schedule 4.18
Financial Sector Reform (New South Wales) Act 1999 No 1—Schedule 6.3
Fire Brigades Act 1989 No 192—Schedule 2.18
Fisheries Act 1935 No 58—Schedule 2.19
Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 1995—Schedule 5.11
Food Production (Safety) Act 1998 No 128—Schedule 4.19
Forestry Act 1916 No 55—Schedule 1.4
Frustrated Contracts Act 1978 No 105—Schedule 2.20
Funeral Funds Act 1979 No 106—Schedules 1.5 and 2.21
Funeral Funds Regulation 1994—Schedule 5.12
Garvan Institute of Medical Research Act 1984 No 106—Schedule 2.22
Gas Industry Restructuring Act 1986 No 213—Schedule 2.23
Gas Supply Act 1996 No 38—Schedule 4.20
Government Guarantees Act 1934 No 57—Schedule 2.24
Grain Marketing Act 1991 No 15—Schedule 2.25
Home Building Act 1989 No 147—Schedule 4.21
Home Building Legislation Amendment Act 2001—Schedule 4.22
Home Building Regulation 1997—Schedule 5.13
Human Tissue Act 1983 No 164—Schedule 2.26
Hunter Water Act 1991 No 53—Schedule 4.23
Independent Commission Against Corruption Regulation 2000—Schedule 5.14
Industrial Relations Act 1996 No 17—Schedule 4.24
Insurance Act 1902 No 49—Schedule 2.27
Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation (GST) Act 2000 No 44—Schedule 4.25
Interpretation Act 1987 No 15—Schedule 4.26
Land Development Contribution Management Act 1970 No 22—Schedule 2.28
Land Tax Management Act 1956 No 26—Schedule 2.29
Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22—Schedule 4.27
Law and Justice Foundation Act 2000 No 97—Schedule 4.28
Legal Profession Act 1987 No 109—Schedules 2.30 and 4.29
Legal Profession Amendment (Incorporated Legal Practices) Act 2000 No 73—Schedule 4.30
Legal Profession Amendment (Mortgage Practices) Act 2000 No 23—Schedule 4.31
Legal Profession Regulation 1994—Schedule 5.15
Liquor Act 1982 No 147—Schedules 2.31 and 4.32
Liquor Regulation 1996—Schedule 5.16
Local Government Act 1993 No 30—Schedule 4.33
Local Government (General) Regulation 1999—Schedule 5.17
Long Service Leave Act 1955 No 38—Schedule 2.32
Long Service Leave (Metalliferous Mining Industry) Act 1963 No 48—Schedule 2.33
Marketing of Primary Products Act 1983 No 176—Schedule 2.34
Medical Practice Act 1992 No 94—Schedule 4.34
Mine Subsidence Compensation Act 1961 No 22—Schedule 2.35
Mines Rescue Act 1994 No 13—Schedule 4.35
Mining Act 1992 No 29—Schedule 4.36
Mock Auctions Act 1973 No 17—Schedule 2.36
Moratorium Act 1932 No 57—Schedule 1.6
Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 No 41—Schedule 4.37
Motor Dealers Regulation 1999—Schedule 5.18
Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942 No 15—Schedule 2.37
Murray Valley Citrus Marketing Act 1989 No 155—Schedule 2.38
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 No 80—Schedule 4.38
National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) Act 1990 No 92—Schedule 2.39
Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001 No 10—Schedule 4.39
Necropolis Act 1901 (1902 No 20)—Schedule 2.40
New South Wales Cancer Council Act 1995 No 43—Schedule 4.40
New South Wales Lotteries Corporatisation Act 1996 No 85—Schedule 4.41
Oakdale State Coal Mine (Sale) Act 1968 No 66—Schedule 1.7
Olympic Co-ordination Authority Act 1995 No 10—Schedule 4.42
Partnership Act 1892 55 Vic No 12—Schedule 4.43
Pay-roll Tax Act 1971 No 22—Schedule 4.44
Petroleum Products Subsidy Act 1965 No 1—Schedule 2.41
Petroleum Products Subsidy Act 1997 No 112—Schedule 4.45
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 No 23—Schedule 2.42
Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Act 1995 No 13—Schedule 4.46
Printing and Newspapers Act 1973 No 46—Schedule 2.43
Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 1941 No 28—Schedule 4.47
Protection of the Environment Administration (Disclosure by Board Members) Regulation 1997—Schedule 5.19
Public Authorities (Financial Arrangements) Act 1987 No 33—Schedules 4.48 and 6.4
Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 No 152—Schedules 2.44 and 6.5
Public Lotteries Act 1996 No 86—Schedule 4.49
Public Notaries Act 1997 No 98—Schedule 4.50
Real Property Act 1900 No 25—Schedule 2.45
Registered Clubs Act 1976 No 31—Schedule 4.51
Registration of Interests in Goods Act 1986 No 37—Schedule 4.52
Residential Tribunal Regulation 1999—Schedule 5.20
Retail Leases Act 1994 No 46—Schedule 4.53
Retirement Villages Act 1999 No 81—Schedule 4.54
Retirement Villages Regulation 2000—Schedule 5.21
Revenue Laws (Reciprocal Powers) Act 1987 No 86—Schedule 4.55
Roman Catholic Church Communities’ Lands Amendment Act 2001 No 11—Schedule 4.56
Rural Lands Protection Act 1989 No 197—Schedule 2.46
Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997 No 99—Schedule 4.57
Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978 No 141—Schedule 2.47
State Owned Corporations Act 1989 No 134—Schedules 2.48 and 4.58
State Owned Corporations (National Electricity Market) Regulation 1996—Schedule 5.22
Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 No 138—Schedule 4.59
Suitors’ Fund Act 1951 No 3—Schedules 1.8 and 2.49
Superannuation Administration Authority Corporatisation Act 1999 No 5—Schedule 4.60
Supreme Court Act 1970 No 52—Schedule 4.61
Supreme Court Regulation 2000—Schedule 5.23
Sydney Olympic Park Authority Act 2001—Schedule 4.62
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Act 1993 No 67—Schedule 4.63
Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 No 171—Schedule 4.65
Sydney Turf Club Act 1943 No 22—Schedule 2.50
Sydney Water Act 1994 No 88—Schedule 4.64
Teacher Housing Authority Act 1975 No 27—Schedule 2.51
Timber Marketing Act 1977 No 72—Schedule 2.52
Totalizator Act 1997 No 45—Schedule 4.66
Totalizator Agency Board Privatisation Act 1997 No 43—Schedule 4.67
Totalizator Agency Board Privatisation Regulation 1998—Schedule 5.24
Totalizator Regulation 1998—Schedule 5.25
Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109—Schedules 2.53 and 4.68
Travel Agents Act 1986 No 5—Schedule 2.54
Travel Agents Regulation 1995—Schedule 5.26
Treasury Corporation Act 1983 No 75—Schedule 4.69
Trustee Act 1925 No 14—Schedule 2.55
Trustee Companies Act 1964 No 6—Schedule 2.56
Unclaimed Money Act 1995 No 75—Schedule 4.70
Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977 No 47—Schedule 2.57
Valuers Registration Act 1975 No 92—Schedules 1.9 and 2.58
Warehousemen’s Liens Regulation 1997—Schedule 5.27
Water Management Act 2000 No 92—Schedule 4.71
Water Management (Private Drainage Boards—General) Regulation 1995—Schedule 5.28
West Scholarships Act 1930 No 19—Schedule 2.59
Westpac Banking Corporation Act 1995 No 76—Schedule 4.72
Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Act 2000 No 71—Schedule 4.73
Westpac Banking Corporation Regulation 1996—Schedule 5.29
Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70—Schedule 4.74
Workers Compensation (Workplace Injury Management) Regulation 1995—Schedule 5.30
Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 No 86—Schedule 4.75
Workplace Video Surveillance Act 1998 No 52—Schedule 4.76

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 34. Minister’s second reading speech made: Legislative Assembly, 20.6.2001; Legislative Council, 26.6.2001. Assented to 28.6.2001. Date of commencement, Schs 2.23 [6], 2.30 [3], 2.39, 2.50, 4.22, 4.62, 4.66 [5] and 4.67 [1] excepted, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001; date of commencement of Schs 2.23 [6], 2.30 [3], 2.39, 2.50, 4.66 [5] and 4.67 [1], immediately before the commencement of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth (ie 15.7.2001), sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 4.22, 17.7.2001, sec 2 (3); date of commencement of Sch 4.62, 17.7.2001, sec 2 (4). This Act has been amended as follows:

2001	No 112	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.10, assent, sec 2 (2).
2003	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).

Table of amendments

Sec 3	Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Schs 1–3	Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 4	Am 2001 No 112, Sch 2.10 [1] [2]. Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Schs 5, 6	Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.