Local Government Auditors Amendment Regulations 1992 (WA)

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1960

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUDITORS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS

1992

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

I. These regulations may be cited as the Local Government Auditors

Amendment Regulations 1992.

Commencement

2. These regulations shall come into operation on the day on which sections 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the Local Government Amendment Act (No. 2) 1990 come into operation.

Principal regulations

3. In these regulations the Local Government Auditors Regulations 1982*

are referred to as the principal regulations.

[.* Published in the Gazette of 17 December 1982 at pp. 4861-63.

For amendments to 26 February 1992 see 1990 Index to

Legislation of Western Australia, p. 3023

Regulation 2 amended

4. Regulation 2 of the principal regulations is amended by —

(a)	deleting the definition of "chairman" and substituting the following definition —
SL "chairperson" means the chairperson of the Board; 27.
(b)	inserting before the definition of "registration" the following definition —

"registered company auditor" has the same meaning as in paragraph (a) of the definition of that term in section 5 of the Corporations Law.

and

or body
(c)	deleting the definition of "Secretary for Local Government".

Regulation 3 amended

5. Regulation 3 (2) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

paragraph (if) and substituting the following paragraph —

" (0 a person nominated by the Western Australian Municipal

Association.

Regulation 5 amended

6. Regulation 5 (1) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting
", body or bodies" and substituting the following —

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Regulation 6 amended

by deleting "member." and substituting the following - 7. Regulation 6 of the principal regulations is amended in subregulation (1)

member, other than the chairman.

Regulation 8 amended

3. Regulation 8 of the principal regulations is amended -

(a)	in subregulation (1), by deleting "first meeting of the Board shall	be held at a time and place appointed by the chairman and
thereafter the"; and
(b)	shall preside at all meetings at which the chairman is not in subregulation (2) by deleting "and the deputy of the chairman
present" and substituting the following -

and where the chairman is not present at a meeting the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting

Regulation 13 amended

L Regulation 13 of the principal regulations is amended -

(a) in subregulation (1) -

(i)      by inserting after "the Board shall" the following -

on payment of the fee, if any, payable under

regulation 13A,

(ii)	by deleting subparagraph (b) (i) and substituting the	following -
is

(i)      is a registered company auditor;

(b) by repealing subregulation (2) and substituting the following subregulation -

(2) Where the Board registers a person, it shall

form approved by the Board.

issue to that person a certificate of registration in a

and

(c) in subregulation (3) -

(i)       by deleting "or" after paragraph (a);

(ii)     by deleting the fulistop after paragraph (b) and

substituting the following -

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;or

and

(iii) by inserting the following paragraph -

14

(c) it lapses in accordance with regulation
13A.

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Regulation 13A inserted

10. After regulation 13 of the principal regulations the following regulation

is inserted -

Registration lapses if annual fee not paid

13A. (1) The fee payable for registration in relation to any	financial year, or any portion thereof, commencing on and after
1 July 1992 is $100.
not been paid prior to the commencement of that financial year, (2) Where fees payable in relation to a financial year have
the registration of that person shall lapse at the expiry of the financial year in relation to which the fee was paid.

Regulation 14 amended

11. Regulation 14 of the principal regulations is amended -

(a) in subregulation (1) by deleting paragraph (c) and substituting the following paragraph -

"	(c)	in the case of a person registered pursuant to
regulation 13 (b) (i), he ceases to be a registered
company auditor.
and

(b) by repealing subregulation (4).

Regulation 15 substituted

12.      Regulation 15 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

regulation is substituted -

28 days to appeal or apply for re-registration

15. The period of 28 days is prescribed for the purposes of	11
sections 635C (3) and 635F (4a) (a) and (b).
Miscellaneous amendments

13.     (1) The principal regulations are amended by deleting "Chairman"

wherever it occurs in the provisions referred to in the Table to this

subregulation and substituting in each case the following -

Chairperson

TABLE

Regulation 3 (2) (a)

Regulation 8 (2)

Local Government" wherever it occurs in the provisions referred to in the (2) The principal regulations are amended by deleting "Secretary for

Table to this subregulation and substituting in each case the following -

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Chief Executive Officer

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TABLE

Regulation 3 (2) (b)
Regulation 3 (3)
Regulation 9.

(3) The principal regulations are amended by inserting after "Australian Society of' where it occurs in the provisions referred to in the Table to this subregulation the following —

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Regulation 3 (2) (c)
Regulation 13 (1) (a) (ii)

Regulation 14 (1) (b)

By His Excellency's Command,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Council.