Western Australian Current Acts

COMPANIES (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1982 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used in this Act

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        Commission means the National Companies and Securities Commission established by the National Companies and Securities Commission Act 1979 ⁵ of the Commonwealth;

        Commissioner means the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs appointed pursuant to section 4;

        functions includes duties;

        futures contract means a futures contract within the meaning of the Futures Industry (Western Australia) Code ⁴ or of the provisions of a law in force in a participating State or in a participating Territory that correspond with that Code;

        power includes an authority;

        the Agreement means the agreement made on 22 December 1978 between the Commonwealth and the States in relation to a proposed scheme for the co-operative regulation of companies and the securities industry or, if that agreement is or has been amended or affected by another agreement, that agreement as so amended or affected.

        [Section 3 amended: No. 48 of 1988 s. 8.]