AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Statute Law Revision Act 1995
No. 46 of 1995
An Act to revise the statute law of the Territory
[Notified in ACT Gazette S306: 18 December 1995]
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Revision Act 1995.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.
Repeal of Acts
3. The following Acts are repealed:
Canberra Institute of the Arts (Amendment) Act 1988;
Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1984;
Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1985;
Police Arbitral Tribunal Act 1947.
Amendments of Acts
4. (1) The Acts specified in the Schedule are amended as set out in the Schedule.
(2) The amendment of the Tenancy Tribunal Act 1994 set out in the Schedule shall be taken to have commenced on 1 January 1995.
SCHEDULE Section 4
AMENDMENTS OF ACTS
Agents Act 1968
Paragraph 64 (1) (a)—
Omit “Companies Act 1981 of the Commonwealth”, substitute “Corporations Law”.
Animal Nuisance Control Act 1975
Subsection 11 (1)—
Omit “(1) Sections 185 to 188 (inclusive) and section 196”, substitute “Sections 187 to 190 (inclusive)”.
Subsection 13 (1)—
Omit “section 282C (2)”, substitute “subsection 387 (2)”.
Betting (Totalizator Administration) Act 1964
Subsection 50 (1)—
Omit “Companies Act 1981 of the Commonwealth”, substitute “Corporations Law”.
Business Names Act 1963
Subsection 4 (1) (definition of “corporation”)—
Omit all the words after “includes”, substitute “any company, recognised company or foreign company within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Law”.
Subsection 4 (1) (definition of “secretary”)—
Omit “Division 5 of Part XIII of the Companies Act 1981 of the Commonwealth”, substitute “Division 2 of Part 4.1 of the Corporations Law”.
Subsection 9 (1)—
(a)Omit “National Companies and Securities Commission”, substitute “Australian Securities Commission”.
(b)Omit “section 38 of the Companies Act 1981 of the Commonwealth”, substitute “section 367 of the Corporations Law”.
Paragraph 19 (1) (d)—
Omit “Companies Act 1981 of the Commonwealth”, substitute “Corporations Law”.
Subsection 26 (2)—
Omit “Companies Act 1981 of the Commonwealth”, substitute “Corporations Law”.
Canberra Institute of Technology Act 1987
Subsection 3 (2)—
Omit all the words after “Corporations Law”.
Children’s Services Act 1986
Subsection 145 (2)—
Omit “subsection 282C (2)”, substitute “subsection 387 (2)”.
Consumer Affairs Act 1973
Subsection 3 (1) (definition of “corporation”)—
Omit “Companies Act 1981 of the Commonwealth”, substitute “Corporations Law”.
Conveyancing Act, 1919 (NSW) as applied and modified in the Territory by the Conveyancing Act 1951
Subsection 7 (definition of “Bankruptcy”)—
Omit “Companies Act, 1899”, substitute “Corporations Law”.
Conveyancing Acts, 1919-1954 (NSW) as applied and modified in the Territory by the Trustee Act 1957
Subsection 7 (1) (definition of “Bankruptcy”)—
Omit “Companies Act, 1936”, substitute “Corporations Law”.
Co-operative Societies Act 1939
Paragraph 5B (2) (b)—
Omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:
“(b)require a person who has custody or control of any books, records or documents relating to the affairs of…