(1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
"amendment reference" means the reference under
section 4(1)(b);
"commencement day" means the day on which
section 4(1) comes into operation;
"Corporations instrument" means any instrument
made or issued under the Corporations legislation;
"Corporations legislation" means Commonwealth Acts
enacted in the terms, or substantially in the terms, of the tabled text and as
in force from time to time;
"express amendment" of the
Corporations legislation means the direct amendment of the text of the
Corporations legislation (whether by the insertion, omission, repeal,
substitution or relocation of words or matter) by Commonwealth Acts, but does
not include the enactment by a Commonwealth Act of a provision that has or
will have substantive effect otherwise than as part of the text of the
Corporations legislation;
"initial reference" means the reference under
section 4(1)(a) ;
"prescribed termination day" means the day on
which both the references are to terminate as set out in section 5(1);
"reference" means —
(a) the
initial reference; or
(b) the
amendment reference;
"referred provisions" means the tabled text to the
extent to which that text deals with matters that are included in the
legislative powers of the Parliament of the State;
"tabled text" means the text of the following
proposed Bills for Commonwealth Acts, comprised in documents (each bearing
identification as “part of the tabled text”) as tabled in the
Legislative Assembly of New South Wales on 7 March 2001 —
(a)
Corporations Bill 2001 ;
(b)
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Bill 2001 .
(2) If a proclamation
terminating the amendment reference alone has been made under section 7 and
has not been revoked, the expression "the references ” refers to the
initial reference only.