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PORTS ASSETS (AUTHORISED TRANSACTIONS) ACT 2012 - SECT 9
Transaction companies
9 Transaction companies
(1) The Treasurer may for the purposes of an authorised transaction establish,
or direct the establishment of, companies as transaction companies in any of
the following ways-- (a) the formation or acquisition by or on behalf of the
State or a SOC of a company limited by shares, so that all the issued shares
in the company are held by or on behalf of the State or a SOC (or both),
(b)
the formation or acquisition of a company as a wholly owned subsidiary company
of a transaction company,
(c) the conversion of a port SOC or transaction SOC
into a company limited by shares as provided by Schedule 3.
(2) A transaction
company that is a public sector agency may be converted from one kind of
company to any other kind of company.
(3) Except by express agreement with
the Treasurer-- (a) a transaction company is not and does not represent the
State, and
(b) the debts, liabilities and obligations of a transaction
company are not guaranteed by the State.
(4) The Treasurer may act for or on
behalf of the State, a SOC or a transaction company that is a public sector
agency in connection with the rights, privileges and benefits, and the duties,
liabilities and obligations, of the State, a SOC or a transaction company as
the holder of shares or other securities in or issued by a transaction
company.
(5) Shares and other securities in or issued by a transaction
company that is a public sector agency may be issued, sold or transferred in
accordance with the directions of the Treasurer. The Treasurer may on behalf
of the State, a SOC or a transaction company that is a public sector agency,
enter into and carry out transaction arrangements for the issue, sale or
transfer of shares and other securities in or issued by a transaction company.
(6) If a port SOC becomes a transaction company by being converted into a
company under this section, a reference in this Act to the port SOC includes a
reference to that transaction company.
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