Coal Industry Amendment (Validation) Act 2002 (NSW)

An Act to amend the Coal Industry Act 2001 to validate, to the extent to which the legislative power of the Parliament permits, acts and things done on the assumption that the Coal Industry Repeal Act 2001 of the Commonwealth had commenced on 1 January 2002.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Coal Industry Amendment (Validation) Act 2002.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the date of assent.

3Amendment of Coal Industry Act 2001 No 107

The Coal Industry Act 2001 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1Amendment

(Section 3)

Insert after clause 1:

1AValidation relating to commencement of Act(1)

To avoid doubt, past acts are as valid, and are taken always to have been as valid, as they would have been if the Coal Industry Repeal Act 2001 of the Commonwealth had commenced on 1 January 2002.

(2)

Subclause (1) is enacted in accordance with the express intention of the Parliament of the Commonwealth (set out in section 6 (6) of the Coal Industry Repeal (Validation of Proclamation) Act 2002 of the Commonwealth) that a law of New South Wales may make provision in terms of that subclause.

(3)

Subclause (1) has effect to the extent to which it is not in excess of the legislative power of the Parliament of New South Wales.

(4)

In this section:

past act means an act or thing that was done on the assumption that the Coal Industry Repeal Act 2001 of the Commonwealth had commenced on 1 January 2002.