Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Regulations 1989

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations may be cited as the Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Regulations 1989.

2 Commencement

These Regulations take effect on the commencement of section 77 of the Co-operative Scheme Legislation Amendment Act 1989 of the Commonwealth.

Editorial note—

Day appointed for the purposes of this clause: 1.11.1989—see Commonwealth Gazette No S 345 1989.

3 Definition

In these Regulations:

the Act means the Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Act 1981.

4 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Act (clause 13A)

Schedule 1 to the Act is amended by inserting after clause 13 the following clause:

  

13A In section 38C of the Commonwealth Act: (a) for sub-section (2) there were substituted the following sub-section: (2) The person has qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation in respect of that act, matter or thing. (b) in sub-section (3) for the words “an action” there were substituted the word “proceedings”.