Warehousemen’s Liens Act 1935 WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - Made under the Warehousemen’s Liens Act 1935 - As at 6 July 2007 - Reg 595 of 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Name of Regulation 2. Commencement 3. Definitions 4. Prescribed notice of claim under sections 5 and 6 5. Application for stay of proceedings 6. Verification of statements of account 7. Charges payable to the Public Trustee 8. Savings provision WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - REG 1 Name of Regulation 1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Warehousemen’s Liens Regulation 2002. WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - REG 2 Commencement 2 Commencement This Regulation commences on 1 September 2002. Note: This Regulation replaces the Warehousemen’s Liens Regulation 1997 which is repealed on 1 September 2002 under section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989. WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - REG 3 Definitions 3 Definitions In this Regulation: "the Act" means the Warehousemen’s Liens Act 1935. WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - REG 4 Prescribed notice of claim under sections 5 and 6 4 Prescribed notice of claim under sections 5 and 6 The prescribed notice of claim referred to in sections 5 and 6 of the Act is a notice: (a) that is in writing, and (b) that identifies the goods to which it relates, and (c) that specifies the name and address of the person by or on whose behalf the claim is made, and (d) that specifies whether that person claims to be the owner of the goods or merely to have an interest in the goods and, if the latter is the case, the nature of the interest claimed. WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - REG 5 Application for stay of proceedings 5 Application for stay of proceedings (1) An application for a stay of proceedings under section 6 of the Act is to be made by means of a notice in writing lodged with the Clerk of the Local Court for the district in which the premises of the warehouseman are situated. (2) Such a notice must contain: (a) a brief description of the goods, and (b) a summary of the charges claimed by the warehouseman, and (c) a summary of the reasons for which it is claimed that the proceedings should be stayed. (3) On receiving an application, the Clerk of the Local Court must appoint a time and place for the hearing of the application. (4) The applicant must cause notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing to be served on the warehouseman at least 2 days before the date of the hearing. (5) Service of such a notice may be effected in the same way as service of a summons may be effected under section 63 of the Justices Act 1902 or (if the warehouseman is a company) in any way that complies with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth in relation to the service of summonses. WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - REG 6 Verification of statements of account 6 Verification of statements of account (1) The copies of the statement of account that are furnished to the Public Trustee under section 8 (3) of the Act must be verified by the signature of the warehouseman or of some other person on the warehouseman’s behalf. (2) Written particulars of the following matters must be furnished to the Public Trustee together with the copies of the statement of account: (a) the date of deposit of the goods, (b) the name and address of the person who deposited the goods, (c) the name and address of the owner of the goods and of each person who claims to be the owner of the goods or to have an interest in the goods, including the name and address of any person who claims to be the holder of a bill of sale in respect of the goods, (d) particulars of any such claim, (e) particulars of any searches carried out by or on behalf of the warehouseman under the Security Interests in Goods Act 2005, (f) such other relevant information as is in the possession of the warehouseman. WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - REG 7 Charges payable to the Public Trustee 7 Charges payable to the Public Trustee (1) The Public Trustee is entitled to deduct the following charges from any amount held by the Public Trustee under section 8 of the Act: (a) 5 per cent of the amount so held, or $20, whichever is the greater, (b) any fees prescribed under the Public Trustee Act 1913 in relation to the amount so held. (2) The Public Trustee may waive or remit any charge to which the Public Trustee is entitled under this clause. WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - REG 8 Savings provision 8 Savings provision Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Warehousemen’s Liens Regulation 1997, had effect under that Regulation continues to have effect under this Regulation. WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - NOTES Note: The Regulation was repealed by cl 6 of the Warehousemen’s Liens Regulation 2007 (326) (GG No 87 of 6.7.2007, p 4388) with effect from 6.7.2007. WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS REGULATION 2002 - NOTES Historical notes The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes: ______________________________________________________________ |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| Table of amending instrumentsWarehousemen’s Liens Regulation 2002 published in Gazette No 133 of 23.8.2002, p 6411. This Regulation has been amended as follows: _____________________________________________________________________________ | | |Security Interests in Goods Act | | | |2005. Assented to 19.10.2005. | |2005|No 69| | | | |Date of commencement, 1.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 13 of 27.1.2006, p| |_____________________________________________________________________________| Table of amendments ____________________________ |____________________________|