Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
board means the board of directors provided for by
section 7;
chief executive officer means the officer
appointed under section 13 and, except in section 13, includes an
acting chief executive officer under subsection (5) of that section;
Commissioner for Public Sector Standards means the
person for the time being holding the office created by section 16(1) of
the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ;
corporation means the body established by
section 4;
Corporations Act means the Corporations
Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
director means a member of the board;
executive officer means a member of the staff of
the corporation designated under section 18 as an executive officer;
function , except in sections 27(1), (2) and
(4) and 29, includes powers, duties and authorities;
member of staff means a person engaged under
section 15;
non-executive director means a director appointed
under section 7(1)(b);
subsidiary means —
(a) a
body determined to be a subsidiary of the corporation under
subsection (2); or
(b) an
interest or other rights of the corporation in a unit trust, joint venture or
partnership where the interest or other rights of the corporation in
connection with the unit trust, joint venture or partnership entitle the
corporation to —
(i)
control the composition of the governing body of the unit
trust, joint venture or partnership;
(ii)
cast, or control the casting of, more than one-half of
the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the
unit trust, joint venture or partnership; or
(iii)
control the business affairs of the unit trust, joint
venture or partnership;
Treasurer means the Treasurer of the State;
water service means a water supply, sewerage,
irrigation or drainage service.
(2) Part 1.2
Division 6 of the Corporations Act applies for the purpose of determining
whether a body is a subsidiary of the corporation.
[Section 3 amended by No. 10 of 2001
s. 205; No. 74 of 2003 s. 127(2); No. 8 of 2009 s. 132(2) and
(3).]