COMPETITION POLICY REFORM (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1996 - SECT 47

COMPETITION POLICY REFORM (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1996 - SECT 47

47 .         Minister may declare a matter to be a State matter

        (1)         The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette , declare a specified matter or a matter of a specified class to be a State matter for the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         If an agreement or arrangement is in force under section 46, the Minister must not declare a matter to be a State matter except in accordance with that agreement or arrangement.

        (3)         An order under subsection (1) is “subsidiary legislation” for the purposes of the Interpretation Act 1984 and section 42 of that Act applies to and in relation to an order as if the order were a regulation.