Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3

3 .         Terms used in these regulations

                In these regulations —

        financial body means a body that is —

            (a)         a bank within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth or a bank constituted by or under the law of a State or the Commonwealth;

            (b)         a financial institution within the meaning of the Financial Institutions (Western Australia) Code  ² ; or

            (c)         a registered corporation within the meaning of the Financial Corporations Act 1974  ³ of the Commonwealth;

        public authority has the same meaning as it has in the State Supply Commission Act 1991 ;

        public utility means a body the primary purpose of which is to provide electricity, water, sewerage or gas to the public in any State or Territory;

        section means section of the Act;

        telephone utility means a body that has as its primary purpose the provision of telephone services to the public in any State or Territory.

        [Regulation 3 amended in Gazette 28 Jul 2000 p. 4019.]