Applied Laws (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance 1997 (CI)

Territory of Christmas Island

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Applied Laws (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance 1997

No. 4 of 1997

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Christmas Island Act 1958.

Dated 18 December 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

MARK VAILE

Minister for Transport and Regional Development

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An Ordinance to amend the Applied Laws (Implementation) Ordinance 1992

1.   Short title

1.1   This Ordinance may be cited as the Applied Laws (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance 1997.1

2.   Commencement

2.1   Subsections 9.1 and 9.2 and section 13 commence on 1 July 1998.

2.2   The remaining provisions of this Ordinance commence on 1 January 1998.

3.   Amendment

3.1   The Applied Laws (Implementation) Ordinance 19922 is amended as set out in this Ordinance.

4.   Meaning of “Part” of Schedule 1 (Amendments of applied laws)

4.1   In this Ordinance, a reference to a Part of Schedule 1 of the Applied Laws (Implementation) Ordinance 1992 is a reference to a heading in that Schedule that is the short title or citation of a law of Western Australia in its application to the Territory, together with the amendments of the law for that application.

5.   Section 4 (Suspension of provisions of applied laws)

5.1   Omit the section.

6.   Section 5 (Suspension of applied laws)

6.1   Omit “1 January 1998”, substitute “1 January 2000”.

7.   New section 7

7.1   After section 6, insert:

Revival of applied laws omitted from Schedule 4 (Repealed applied laws)

 “7. The omission from Schedule 4 (Repealed applied laws) of an applied law that was specified in the Schedule revives the application of that law in the Territory.”.

8.   Schedule 1, Part headed “Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913 (W.A.)(C.I.) (Schedule—The Criminal Code)”

8.1   Clauses 1 (Section 297 (Grievous bodily harm)) and 2 (Section 378 (Punishment of stealing)):

Omit the clauses, substitute:

“1.   Section 282 (Punishment of wilful murder and murder)

1.1   Paragraph 282 (a):

Omit ‘mandatory’.

1.2   Paragraph 282 (b):

Omit ‘mandatory’.

“2.   Section 400 (Definitions)

2.1   Subsections 400 (3) and (4):

Omit the subsections.

“3.   Section 401 (Burglary)

3.1   Subsections 401 (4), (5) and (6):

Omit the subsections.

[NOTE:  Sections 297 and 378 of The Criminal Code, in their application to the Territory, are amended by the repeal of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1992 (W.A.)(C.I.) by section 6 of this Ordinance.]”.

9.   Schedule 1, new Parts

9.1   After the Part headed “Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913 (W.A.)(C.I.)”, insert:

“Debits Tax Act 1990 (W.A.)(C.I.)

“1.   Amendments—references to Western Australia

1.1   Amendments as set out in the following table:

“Debits Tax Assessment Act 1990 (W.A.)(C.I.)

“1.   Amendments—references to Western Australia

1.1   Amendments as set out in the following table:

9.2   After the Part headed “Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961 (W.A.)(C.I.)”, insert:

“Financial Institutions Duty Act 1983 (W.A.)(C.I.)

“1.   Section 3 (Interpretation)

1.1   Subsection 3 (1) (definition of ‘another State’):

Omit ‘other than Western Australia’.

1.2   After subsection 3 (1), insert:

 ‘(1A) A reference in this Act to a provision of the Companies (Western Australia) Code or the Securities Industry (Western Australia) Code is a reference to the provision of the Corporations Law that corresponds to the provision of the relevant Code.’.

“2.   Section 6 (Act to bind Crown)

2.1   Omit the section.

“3.   Section 11 (Financial institutions duty and short term dealings)

3.1   Subsection 11 (1):

Omit ‘the amount comprising one-tenth of’.

3.2   Subsection 11 (1):

Omit ‘Australian-based’, substitute ‘Territory’.

“4.   Section 15 (Trust fund account)

4.1   Paragraph 15 (1) (a):

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

 ‘(a) that would be a dealer’s trust account for the purposes of the Corporations Law if that law were in force in the Territory; or’.

“5.   Section 27 (Returns by certified short term dealers)

5.1   Subsection 27 (2):

Omit the subsection, substitute:

 ‘(2) For subsection (1), a return must:

 (a) be in a form approved by the Commissioner; and

 (b) contain the information required by the Commissioner.’.

“6.   Section 34 (Interpretation)

6.1   Add at the end:

 ‘(2) For section 35 and subsection 36 (4), the question whether 2 corporations are related to each other is to be determined in the same manner as under the Corporations Law.’.

“7.   Section 35 (Grouping of corporations)

7.1   Subsection 35 (1):

Omit ‘by reason of section 7 (5) of the Companies (Western Australia) Code to be deemed, for the purposes of that Code, to be’.

7.2   Subsection 35 (2):

Omit ‘deemed by reason of section 7 (5) of the Companies (Western Australia) Code to be related for the purposes of that Code’, substitute ‘related’.

“8.   Section 36 (Grouping of commonly controlled businesses)

8.1   Subsection 36 (4):

Omit ‘another corporation that is, by reason of section 7 (5) of the Companies (Western Australia) Code to be deemed, for the purposes of that Code, to be related to it’, substitute ‘a related corporation’.

“9.   Other amendments—references to Western Australia

9.1   Amendments as set out in the following table:

“Financial Institutions Duty Regulations 1984 (W.A.)(C.I.)

“1.   Amendments—references to Western Australia

1.1   Amendments as set out in the following table:

9.3   After the Part headed “Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1961 (W.A.)(C.I.)”, insert:

“Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (W.A.)(C.I.)

“1.   Section 3 (Interpretation)

1.1   Definition of ‘clerk’:

Omit the definition, substitute:

‘“clerk” means the clerk, or assistant clerk, of a local court;’.”.

9.4   After the Part headed “Road Traffic Code 1975 (W.A.)(C.I.)”, insert:

“Sentencing Act 1995 (W.A.)(C.I.)

“1.   Section 9 (Statutory penalty: effect of)

1.1   Subsection 9 (1):

Omit ‘Subject to subsection (4),’.

1.2   Subsections 9 (2), (3), (4) and (5):

Omit the subsections, substitute:

 ‘(2) If the statutory penalty for an offence is a fine of a particular amount, or a particular term of imprisonment, that penalty is the maximum penalty that may be imposed for the offence, and a lesser penalty of the same kind may be imposed.

 ‘(3) If a written law specifies a mandatory penalty or a minimum penalty for an offence, a lesser penalty of the same kind may nevertheless be imposed.’.”.

10.   Numbering etc of Parts of Schedule 1

10.1   The heading to each Part of Schedule 1 is amended by inserting, at the beginning, “Part n—”, where n is the number of the Part.

10.2   Those Parts are numbered with consecutive Arabic numerals in order beginning with “1”.

11.   Schedule 2 (Suspended provisions of applied laws)

11.1   Omit the Schedule.

12.   Schedule 3 (Suspended applied laws)

12.1   Omit from the Schedule:

“Building and Construction Industry Training Fund and Levy  Collection Act 1990 (W.A.)(C.I.)

Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Act 1990  (W.A.)(C.I.)”.

13.   Schedule 3 (Suspended applied laws)

13.1   Omit from the Schedule:

“Debits Tax Act 1990 (W.A.)(C.I.)

Debits Tax Assessment Act 1990 (W.A.)(C.I.)

Financial Institutions Duty Act 1983 (W.A.)(C.I.)”.

14.   Schedule 4 (Repealed applied laws)

14.1   Insert in the Schedule:

“Building and Construction Industry Training Fund and Levy  Collection Act 1990 (W.A.)(C.I.)

Building and Construction Industry Training Levy Act 1990  (W.A.)(C.I.)”.

14.2   Omit from the Schedule:

“Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (W.A.)(C.I.)”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 December 1997.

2. Ordinance No. 1, 1992 as amended by No. 10, 1992; Nos. 4, 9, 12 and 13, 1993; No. 4, 1994; Nos. 1 and 6, 1995; Nos. 8 and 11, 1996.