COMPETITION POLICY REFORM (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1996 - SECT 48

COMPETITION POLICY REFORM (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1996 - SECT 48

48 .         If State is not a fully-participating jurisdiction

        (1)         If, at any time, the State is a participating jurisdiction but is named in a notice in operation under section 150K of the Trade Practices Act , the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette , declare that this section has effect.

        (2)         If an order is in force under subsection (1) —

            (a)         Part 5 and sections 36 and 37(1) and (2) of this Act do not apply to any matter;

            (b)         sections 46 and 47 do not apply to any matter and any agreement or arrangement under section 46 or order under section 47 does not have any force; and

            (c)         Divisions 3 and 4 of this Part apply to any matter.

        (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.