Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Corporations (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2001 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions



(1) In this Act-

amendment reference means the reference under section 4(1)(b);

commencement day means the day on which section 4(1) comes into operation;

Corporations instrument means any instrument made or issued under the
Corporations legislation;

Corporations legislation means Commonwealth Acts enacted in the terms, or
substantially in the terms, of the tabled text and as in force from time to
time;

express amendment of the Corporations legislation means the direct amendment
of the text of the Corporations legislation (whether by the insertion,
omission, repeal, substitution or relocation of words or matter) by
Commonwealth Acts, but does not include the enactment by a Commonwealth Act of
a provision that has or will have substantive effect otherwise than as part of
the text of the Corporations legislation;

initial reference means the reference under section 4(1)(a);

prescribed termination day means the day on which both the references are to
terminate as set out in section 5(1);

reference means-

   (a)  the initial reference; or

   (b)  the amendment reference;



referred provisions means the tabled text to the extent to which that text
deals with matters that are included in the legislative powers of the
Parliament of the State;

tabled text means the text of the following proposed Bills for Commonwealth
Acts, comprised in two or more documents (each bearing identification as "part
of the tabled text") as tabled by or on behalf of the Attorney General of New
South Wales in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales at any time during
the period between the giving of notice of motion for leave to introduce the
Bill for the Corporations (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2001 of that State in that
Legislative Assembly and the second reading of that Bill in that Legislative
Assembly-

   (a)  Corporations Bill 2001;

   (b)  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Bill 2001.

(2) If a proclamation terminating the amendment reference alone has been
published under section 7 and has not been revoked, the expression "the
references" refers to the initial reference only.