Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this Act unless the
contrary intention appears —
appeal includes any proceeding by way of
discharging or setting aside a judgment, a motion for a new trial, a case
stated for the opinion of the Supreme Court on a question of law, an appeal
under Part 2 of the Criminal Appeals Act 2004 , and any other proceeding in
the nature of an appeal;
company has the same meaning as it has in the
Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
costs in relation to an appeal includes the costs
of an application for an indemnity certificate or a costs certificate in
respect of the appeal, but does not include costs incurred in a court of first
instance except where otherwise expressly provided;
costs certificate means a costs certificate
granted under section 12A;
Department means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;
foreign company means a foreign company within the
meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, and a registrable
Australian body (within the meaning of that Act) other than such a body formed
or incorporated in the State;
indemnity certificate means an indemnity
certificate granted under section 10;
sequence of appeals means a sequence of appeals in
which each appeal that follows the last preceding appeal in the sequence is an
appeal against the decision in the last preceding appeal;
the Board means the Appeal Costs Board constituted
under this Act;
the Fund means the Suitors’ Fund established
under this Act.
[Section 3 amended: No. 72 of 1969 s. 2; No. 57 of
1971 s. 3; No. 10 of 1982 s. 28; No. 58 of 1984 s. 2; No. 31 of 1993 s. 65;
No. 34 of 1999 s. 61; No. 20 of 2003 s. 46; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 84 of
2004 s. 78.]