Order (2002-597) (NSW)

2002 No 597

New South Wales

Order

under the

Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Act
2000

I, Robert John Debus, Attorney General, in pursuance of section 5A of the Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Act 2000, do, by this my Order, specify 23 August 2002 as the day on which Westpac Banking Corporation is to be taken to be registered as a public company limited by shares for the purposes of section 5H of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.

Dated, this 23rd day of August 2002.

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to specify the day on which Westpac Banking Corporation is to be taken to be registered as a public company limited by shares for the purposes of section 5H of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth (the Commonwealth Act).
Section 5H of the Commonwealth Act provides that a body is taken to be registered under that Act as a company of a particular type under section 118 of that Act if a law of a State or Territory to which the Act applies:

(a)

provides that the body is a deemed registration company for the purposes of the section, and

(b)

specifies:

(i)	the day on which the body is to be taken to be registered or the manner in which that day is to be fixed, and
(ii)	the type of company the body is to be registered as under the Act, and
(iii)	the company’s proposed name (unless the ACN is to be used in its name),

Published in Gazette No 133 of 23 August 2002, page 6420

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Explanatory note

and if section 5H (2) and (3) (relating to the lodgement of certain notices and documents
with ASIC) are satisfied.

Section 5 of the Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Act 2000 provides that Westpac Banking Corporation is a deemed registration company for the purposes of section 5H of the Commonwealth Act. It also provides that for the purposes of section 5H of the Commonwealth Act:

(a)	the day on which Westpac is to be taken to be registered as a company is the registration date specified by the Attorney General in an order made under section 5A of the Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of Incorporation) Act 2000, and
(b)	the type of company that Westpac is to be registered as is a public company limited by shares, and
(c)	the company’s proposed name is “Westpac Banking Corporation”.

This Order is made under section 5A of the Westpac Banking Corporation (Transfer of

Incorporation) Act 2000.

BY AUTHORITY

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