Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Regulations 1989 (NSW)

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations may be cited as the Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Regulations 1989.

2Commencement

These Regulations take effect on the commencement of section 77 of the Co-operative Scheme Legislation Amendment Act 1989 of the Commonwealth.

Editorial note—

Day appointed for the purposes of this clause: 1.11.1989—see Commonwealth Gazette No S 345 1989.

3Definition

In these Regulations:

the Act means the Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Act 1981.

4Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Act (clause 13A)

Schedule 1 to the Act is amended by inserting after clause 13 the following clause:

13A

In section 38C of the Commonwealth Act:

• (a)

  for sub-section (2) there were substituted the following sub-section:

  (2)

  The person has qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation in respect of that act, matter or thing.

• (b)

  in sub-section (3) for the words “an action” there were substituted the word “proceedings”.