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Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 No 55
Repealed version for 6 July 2004 to 19 June 2006 (accessed 21 May 2013 at 16:18).
Schedule 4 General savings, transitional and other
An Act to repeal certain Acts, provisions of Acts and an
instrument and to amend certain other Acts and instruments in various respects
and for the purpose of effecting statute law revision; and to make certain
savings.1 Name of ActThis Act is the Statute Law
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004.2 Commencement(1) This Act commences on the date of assent, except as provided by
this section.(2) The amendments made by Schedules 1 and 2 commence on the day or
assent.3 AmendmentsThe Acts and instruments specified in Schedules 1 and 2 are
amended as set out in those Schedules.4 RepealsEach Act and instrument specified in Schedule 3 is, to the extent
indicated in that Schedule, repealed.5 General savings, transitional and other
provisionsSchedule 4 has effect.6 Explanatory notesThe matter appearing under the heading “Explanatory
Act.Schedule 1 Minor amendments(Section 3)1.1 Anglican Clergy Provident Fund (Sydney) Act
1908[1] Sections 3 (2) and 8Omit “Church of England” wherever
occurring.Insert instead “Anglican Church of
Australia”.[2] Section 9Insert after section 8: 9 Power to delegate to Standing Committee of SynodThe Anglican Church of Australia Synod of the Diocese of Sydney
may, by ordinance, delegate to the Standing Committee of that Synod any one or
more of the powers conferred on the Synod by sections 3 (2) and
8.Explanatory
noteItem [1] of the proposed amendments updates outdated
references.Item [2] of the proposed amendments permits the Anglican Church of
Australia Synod of the Diocese of Sydney to delegate to the Standing Committee
of that Synod any one or more of the Synod’s powers under sections 3 (2)
and 8 of the Anglican Clergy Provident Fund (Sydney) Act
1908 (the
Act). Those powers include the power to change, by ordinance, the
name of the Board of Directors of the Anglican Provident Fund (the Fund) established by the
Act, to amend or repeal any ordinance made under the Act (such as the Anglican Provident Fund Ordinance 1990
that is currently in force) and to provide for the admission to membership of
the Fund of teachers in Anglican schools, officials of Anglican Diocesan
Registries and certain other lay persons engaged in the work of the Anglican
Church or employed by any institution, school or organisation of that
Church.1.2 Apprenticeship and
Traineeship Act 2001 No 80Section 7 Applications
to establish apprenticeships and traineeshipsOmit “An employer who employs a person as an apprentice or
trainee may, with the person’s consent,” from section 7
(1).Insert instead “An employer who employs, or proposes to
employ, a person as an apprentice or trainee
may”.Explanatory
noteAt present, section 7 (1) of the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act
Act) permits a person who employs another person as an apprentice or
trainee to apply, with the consent of the apprentice or trainee, to the
Commissioner for Vocational Training for the establishment of an
apprenticeship or traineeship under the Act.Section 7 (2) of the Act requires the employer to make such
an application (if the employer has not already done so) within 28 days after
the date on which the employer employs the apprentice or trainee. Failure to
comply with that requirement constitutes an offence.The proposed amendment extends section 7 (1) so as to permit an
application under that subsection to be made by a person who has not yet
actually employed the apprentice or trainee but who proposes to do so. In view
of the requirement imposed by section 7 (2), the amendment also dispenses with
the necessity to obtain the consent of the employee or prospective employee
before making the application.1.3 Associations
Incorporation Act 1984 No 143[1] Section 65 Powers of Director-General in relation to
documentsInsert “or under section 11 of the Country Women’s Association of New South
Wales Incorporation Act 1931” after “lodgment
under this Act” in section 65 (1).[2] Section 65 (1) (d)Omit “this Act or the regulations”.Insert instead “this Act or the Country Women’s Association of New South
Wales Incorporation Act 1931 (as the case may require) or with
the requirements of the regulations made under the relevant
Act”.CommencementThe amendments to the Associations Incorporation Act
1984 commence on a day to be appointed by
noteThe proposed amendments are related to the amendments proposed to
be made to the Country Women’s
Association of New South Wales Incorporation Act 1931
elsewhere in this Schedule. The Explanatory note to those proposed amendments
explains the effect of the proposed amendments to the Associations Incorporation Act
1984.1.4 Building and
Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986 No
19[1] Section 3 DefinitionsInsert in alphabetical order in section 3 (1): Chief Executive Officer means the Chief
Executive Officer of the WorkCover Authority.[2] Section 3 (1)Omit the definition of Director-General.[3] Sections 4 (2), (3) and (5), 6 (3), 8 (2) (a), 45, 47
(5), 60 and 62Omit “Director-General” wherever
occurring.Insert instead “Chief Executive
Officer”.[4] Section 7 DelegationOmit “Department of Industrial Relations” wherever
occurring in section 7 (1) (a) and (b).Insert instead “WorkCover
Authority”.[5] Section 28 Entitlement to long service
paymentsOmit “subsection (1) (a) or (f)” from section 28 (2)
(a).Insert instead “subsection (1) (a), (f) or
(g)”.[6] Section 28 (3)–(3B)Insert after section 28 (2): (3) A payment made by the Corporation in respect of an application
under subsection (2) is valid and effectual against any demand in respect of
the payment by any other person.(3A) If payment is made in respect of an application under subsection
(2), before the grant of letters of administration of the estate, to the
personal representative of a person who died intestate, the personal
representative holds the payment subject to the same trusts as if he or she
had obtained such a grant.(3B) A payment must not be made in respect of an application under
subsection (2) after evidence has been produced to the Corporation of the
grant of letters of administration of the estate, or probate of the will, of
the deceased person, except to the person who has obtained the letters of
administration or probate of the will (as
appropriate).[7] Section 28 (5)Insert after section 28 (4): (5) In this section, personal representative, in
relation to a payment in respect of a person who has died, means:(a) in the case of a person who died wholly or partially
intestate—any person who appears to the Corporation to be entitled to
obtain a grant of letters of administration of the estate of the person,
(b) in the case of a person who died testate—any person who
appears to the Corporation to be entitled to receive the relevant payment
under the will of the person.
[8] Section 29 Amount of long service paymentOmit “section 28 (1) (a) or (f)” from section 29 (2)
(a).Insert instead “section 28 (1) (a), (f) or
(g)”.[9] Section 29 (3)Omit paragraph (a) of the definition of P. Insert instead: (a) in the case of a registered worker who, in the opinion of the
Corporation, performed work under a contract of employment during the whole or
a majority of the relevant period before that date—the amount of
ordinary pay that is, in the opinion of the Corporation:(i) payable for the classification of the registered worker under the
award fixing a rate of pay for that work, calculated as at that date in
respect of work on 5 working days during those hours in which ordinary pay is
(ii) payable under an award fixing a rate of pay for work that is
equivalent, or substantially equivalent, to the type of work carried out by
the registered worker, calculated as at that date in respect of work on 5
working days during those hours in which ordinary pay is payable,
(iii) if the registered worker is a person referred to in paragraph (c)
(i) of the definition of building and construction work in
section 3—payable under an award fixing a rate of pay for work that is
workers under the supervision of the registered worker, calculated as at that
date in respect of work on 5 working days during those hours in which ordinary
pay is payable, or
(iv) if the registered worker is a person referred to in paragraph (c)
(ii) of the definition of building and construction work in
workers for whom the registered worker has responsibility in his or her
capacity as a clerk of works, calculated as at that date in respect of work on
5 working days during those hours in which ordinary pay is payable,
[10] Section 32 Payments to employersOmit paragraph (a) of the definition of P in section 32 (1). Insert
instead: (a) in the case of a registered worker who, in the opinion of the
[11] Section 32 (4)Omit “section 19 (1)” where firstly occurring. Insert
instead “section 19”.[12] Section 32 (4)Omit “section 19 (1)” where secondly
occurring.Insert instead “section 19 (2A) or
(3)”.[13] Section 32A Entitlement to long service benefit for
service in a reciprocating State or TerritoryInsert after section 32A (4): (4A) A payment made by the Corporation in respect of an application
the payment by any other person.(4B) If payment is made in respect of an application under subsection
personal representative of a registered worker who died intestate, the
personal representative holds the payment subject to the same trusts as if he
or she had obtained such a grant.(4C) A payment must not be made in respect of an application under
the deceased registered worker, except to the person who has obtained the
letters of administration or probate of the will (as
appropriate).[14] Section 32A (9)Insert after section 32A (8): (9) In this section, personal representative, in
relation to a payment in respect of a deceased registered worker,
means:(a) in the case of a person who died wholly or partially
[15] Schedule 1 Provisions relating to members and procedure
of CommitteeInsert after clause 12: 13 Transaction of business outside meetings or by
telephone(1) The Committee may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business
by the circulation of papers among all the members of the Committee for the
time being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of
those members is taken to be a decision of the
Committee.(2) The Committee may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business
at a meeting at which members (or some members) participate by telephone,
at an ordinary meeting of the Committee.(4) A resolution approved under subclause (1) is, subject to the
Committee.(5) Papers may be circulated among the members for the purposes of
papers concerned.Explanatory
noteAdministrative changesItems [1]–[4] of the proposed amendments reflect the
administrative changes made by clause 4 of the Public Sector Employment and Management (Long Service
Payments Corporation) Order 2003 which was gazetted on 19
December 2003.Item [1] inserts a definition of Chief Executive
Officer in section 3 (Definitions) of the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1986 (the Act) and item [2]
repeals the definition of Director-General
in that section. Items [3] and [4] make consequential
amendments.Personal representative’s application for long service
paymentSection 28 (2) of the Act specifies the circumstances in which the
personal representative of a person who died having service credits (as
provided for in the Act) may apply for a long service payment in respect of
the person.Among other things, the subsection provides that application may
be made if, immediately prior to the deceased’s death, he or she was
entitled to apply for a long service payment by virtue of section 28 (1) (a)
or (f)—that is, because the deceased had completed 10 years’
service as a worker (paragraph (a)) or had completed a further 5 years’
service as a worker on top of the original 10 years’ service (paragraph
(f)).However, section 28 (1) (g), which was not in that section when
the original section 28 was repealed and re-enacted in 1986, now provides an
additional entitlement to living workers for long service payment in respect
of every subsequent 5 years’ service as a worker after the original 15
years’ service dealt with by paragraphs (a) and (f). Paragraph (g) is
not reflected in section 28 (2).Item [5] of the proposed amendments amends section 28 (2) (a) so
as to ensure that, for parity with living workers, an entitlement to long
service payment in respect of a deceased worker includes an entitlement in
respect of each 5 years’ service of the worker that is subsequent to the
worker’s original 15 years’ service.Item [8] makes a consequential
amendment.Meaning of “personal
representative”Section 32A (2) permits the personal representative of a deceased
registered worker to apply for the payment of a long service benefit in
respect of the deceased worker’s service as a worker in another State or
Territory (if that State or Territory is a reciprocating State or Territory
within the meaning of the Act).“Personal representative” is not defined in the Act.
Items [7] and [14] of the proposed amendments define that term for the
purposes of sections 28 and 32A, respectively, so as to include:(a) in the case of a deceased worker who died without having made a
will (or having made a will that does not dispose of the whole of the
deceased’s estate)—any person who appears to the Building and
Construction Industry Long Service Payments Corporation (the
Corporation) to be entitled to obtain a grant of letters of
administration of the estate of the deceased worker, and
(b) in the case of a deceased worker who died having made a will that
disposes of the whole of the deceased’s estate—any person who
under the deceased worker’s will.
In consequence of permitting payment to be made to a beneficiary
or prospective administrator in advance of the grant of probate or letters of
administration, items [6] and [13] of the proposed amendments insert
additional provisions in sections 28 and 32A, respectively. Those
provisions:(a) protect the Corporation against any subsequent claims for payment
after it has paid out in respect of an application under section 28 (2) or 32A
(2) to a personal representative, and
(b) provide that any prospective administrator who is paid in respect
of an application under either of those subsections in advance of the grant of
letters of administration holds the payment on the same trusts as if that
grant had been made, and
(c) prohibit payment in respect of an application under those
subsections, once letters of administration or probate of a will have been
granted, to anyone but the administrator of the estate or executor of the will
A similar provision is to be found in section 83 of the Co-operatives Act
1992.Amount of long service paymentSections 29 and 32 of the Act contain formulas for calculation of
the long service payment to be made to registered workers or their personal
representatives (section 29) and employers (section 32). The sections contain
identical definitions of P (pay).Paragraph (a) in each of the definitions applies to registered
workers who, in the opinion of the Corporation, performed work under a
contract of employment during the whole or the majority of the relevant period
(within the meaning of the sections). However, paragraph (a) in each case
assumes that the registered workers concerned are all covered by rates of pay
fixed by an award. This is not the case in respect of clerks of works or
certain supervisors—the persons referred to in paragraph (c) of the
definition of building and
construction work in section 3 of the Act. Consequently, there is no
mechanism in section 29 or 32 by which the payments relevant to those persons
can be calculated.Items [9] and [10] of the proposed amendments repeal and re-enact
paragraph (a) of the definition of P in those sections so
as to provide such a mechanism (paragraph (a)
(ii)–(iv)).Transaction of business outside meetings or by
telephoneItem [15] of the proposed amendments inserts a standard provision
permitting the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments
Committee constituted by the Act to transact any of its business by
circulation of papers among all its members or by telephone, closed-circuit
television or the like.Statute law revisionItems [11] and [12] of the proposed amendments are consequential
on the reorganisation of section 19 of the Act by the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Amendment Act 1998.1.5 Centenary Institute of
Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology Act 1985 No 192[1] Section 7 Constitution of the BoardOmit section 7 (3) (c) and (d). Insert instead: (c) 2 are to be persons approved by the Central Sydney Area Health
[2] Schedule 1 Provisions relating to the
governorsInsert after clause 9: 10 Transitional provisionA person appointed as a governor under section 7 (3) (c) or (d)
and holding office as such immediately before the commencement of the
amendment made to section 7 (3) by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
2004 is taken to have been appointed under that section as so
noteSection 7 of the Centenary
Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology Act 1985
(the Act) constitutes
the Centenary Institute Board, consisting of 13 governors appointed by the
Governor. Section 7 (3) specifies who the governors are to be. Section 7 (3)
(c) provides that one governor is to be “the Chairman of the Board of
the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital or the Chairman’s nominee, approved by
the Board of that Hospital”, and section 7 (3) (d) provides that another
governor is to be the General Superintendent of that Hospital (or the General
Superintendent’s nominee), approved in the same way.The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital was transferred to an area health
service under the Area Health Services Act 1986
and, under Schedule 6 to that Act, the members of its Board ceased to hold
office on that transfer. However, the position of the governors of the
Centenary Institute Board appointed under section 7 (3) (c) and (d) of the Act
was preserved by section 7 (6), which was inserted in the Act by the
Miscellaneous Acts (Area Health Services) Amendment Act
1986 in the following terms: “If the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital is, under the
Area Health Services Act 1986, transferred to an
area health service constituted under that Act—(a) the governor referred to in subsection (3) (c) or (d) does not
cease to hold office because of that transfer; and
(b) the person who may, after that transfer, be appointed as such a
governor shall be a person approved by the area health
Section 7 (6) was repealed by the Health Services Act 1997, which
also repealed the Area Health Services Act 1986
(to which section 7 (6) referred).Item [1] of the proposed amendments preserves the effect of
section 7 (6) (b). Item [2] of the proposed amendments inserts a transitional
provision.1.6 Conveyancers Licensing
Act 2003 No 3Section 53 Payment of
trust money into trust account and payment of controlled money as
directedOmit section 53 (4) (b). Insert instead: (b) may not be exercised unless:(i) the licensee has disclosed to the client, in accordance with
noteAt present, section 53 of the Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003
for the way in which money received for or on behalf of any person by a
licensed conveyancer in connection with the licensee’s conveyancing
business is to be dealt with. Generally, the money is to be held in a trust
account or, if the person for or on whose behalf the money is received directs
that it be paid otherwise than into a general trust account, is to be paid as
directed and, pending that payment, is to be held (in certain circumstances)
in accordance with the regulations relating to controlled
money.Section 53 (3) (c) provides for the licensee to exercise a general
retaining lien for unpaid costs and disbursements in respect of certain money
in a trust account or controlled money account. Section 53 (4) (b) provides
that such a lien may not be exercised “unless the licensee has delivered
an outline bill of costs and disbursements”.The term “outline bill of costs and disbursements” is
not used elsewhere in the Act. Division 5 of Part 3 of the Act (sections
36–41) requires the basis of the costs for conveyancing work to be
carried out for a client to be disclosed to the client in accordance with that
Division, unless disclosure is not required to be made (as provided by
sections 39 and 40 and the regulations).The proposed amendment removes the reference to an “outline
bill of costs and disbursements” from section 53 (4) (b) and provides,
instead, that the lien is not exercisable unless the licensee has disclosed
the basis of the costs to the client in accordance with Division 5 of Part 3
or, if that disclosure is not required, has served a bill of costs on the
client. (The Act defines costs as including
disbursements.)1.7 Country Women’s
Association of New South Wales Incorporation Act
1931[1] Section 11 Registration of rulesOmit “shall be registered in the Companies Office
established under the Companies Act 1961, as
amended by subsequent Acts, in a manner similar to that in which documents
filed or lodged under that Act, as so amended, are recorded, filed and kept,
and the said rules or any alteration or repeal of any rule or any new rule
shall not be in force until so registered”.Insert instead “is to be lodged in the same way as a notice
setting out particulars of an alteration of the rules of an association
incorporated under the Associations Act is required by section 20 (2) of that
Act to be lodged, and, on and after the commencement of subsection (3), any
alteration or repeal of any rule or any new rule does not take effect until
the copy is so lodged”.[2] Section 11Omit the last sentence of the section.[3] Section 11 (2)–(5)Insert at the end of section 11: (2) Section 59 (3) of the Associations Act (which provides for the
inspection of documents lodged under that Act, and for the provision of copies
or extracts of such documents, on the payment of a fee prescribed under that
Act) applies in respect of any copy of the rules, and in respect of any copy
of any alteration or repeal of any rule and any copy of any new rule, lodged
under this section as if the copy were a document lodged under the
Associations Act.(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the following provisions have
effect in respect of references in section 20 (2) of the Associations
Act:(a) a reference to the public officer of an incorporated association
is taken to be a reference to the president of the said
(b) a reference to a special resolution is taken to be a reference to
the method of altering or repealing a rule or of making a new rule specified
(c) a reference to a notice in an approved form verified as prescribed
is taken to be a reference to a copy of the alteration or repeal of the rule
or of the new rule (as the case may be) proved to be such in accordance with
(4) For avoidance of doubt:(a) the penalty provided by section 20 (2) of the Associations Act for
failure to comply with that subsection does not apply in respect of a failure
to comply with this section, and
(b) any fee that is required to be paid under the Associations Act in
connection with a lodgment of a notice under section 20 (2) of that Act is
also to be paid in connection with a lodgment under this section,
(c) section 64 of the Associations Act (relating to the failure to pay
any requisite fee on the lodgment of documents under that Act) applies in
respect of a lodgment under this section as if it were a lodgment under that
(5) In this section, the Associations Act means the
1984.CommencementThe amendments to the Country
Women’s Association of New South Wales Incorporation Act
1931 commence on a day or days to be appointed by
noteLodgment of copies of rules of Country Women’s
AssociationThe Country Women’s Association of New South Wales (the CWA) is incorporated
under the Country Women’s Association
of New South Wales Incorporation Act 1931 (the CWA
Act).At present, section 11 of the CWA Act requires copies of the rules
of the CWA, and of any alteration or repeal of any rule and of every new rule,
to be “registered in the Companies Office established under the
Companies Act 1961”. The Companies Office
no longer exists, and the Companies Act 1961 has
been effectively superseded by the Corporations Act
2001 of the Commonwealth.As the CWA is an incorporated association rather than a company,
item [1] of the proposed amendments amends section 11 so as to require the
copies of the rules, and of the alteration or repeal of a rule, and of any new
rule, to be lodged in the same way as evidence of an alteration of any rule of
an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act
1984 (the Associations
Act) is required under section 20 (2) of that Act to be
lodged.Supplemental provisionsItem [2] of the proposed amendments omits the last sentence of the
current section 11 of the CWA Act. That sentence provides that any copy of a
document lodged under section 11 is to be open for inspection at all
reasonable times by the public. The provision is silent as to the cost of any
such inspection.Item [3] of the proposed amendments inserts four new subsections
in section 11.Proposed section 11 (2) provides for the inspection of copy
documents lodged under section 11 as if they had been lodged under the
Associations Act (which also provides for the provision of copies or extracts
of the documents and involves the payment of a fee for an inspection, copy or
extract).Proposed section 11 (3) “translates” certain
references in section 20 (2) of the Associations Act for the purposes of
section 11 of the CWA Act as amended by item [1].Proposed section 11 (4) removes any doubt as to the operation of
certain other provisions of the Associations Act in respect of the lodgment of
material under section 11 (1).Proposed section 11 (5) inserts a definition for the purposes of
section 11.Related amendments are proposed to be made to section 65 of the
Associations Act elsewhere in this Schedule. The effect of those amendments
will be to permit the rejection, and require the rectification, of documents
lodged under section 11 if the documents are deficient in some
way.1.8 Crimes (Administration
of Sentences) Amendment Act 2002 No 36Section 4 Monitoring of
amendments by OmbudsmanOmit section 4 (3). Insert instead: (3) For that purpose, the Ombudsman may require NSW Police, the
Department of Corrective Services or the Attorney General’s Department
to provide information concerning its participation in the operation of the
relevant provisions.Explanatory
noteSection 4 of the Crimes
(Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2002 (the Act) requires the
Ombudsman to keep under scrutiny, for a period of 2 years after the
commencement of the section (that is, the period of 2 years commencing on 21
February 2003), the operation of the provisions amended by the Act and the
provisions of the Summary Offences Act
1988 amended or inserted by the Summary Offences Amendment (Places of Detention) Act
2002 (which was cognate with the Act).Section 4 (3) of the Act provides that, for the purpose of that
scrutiny, the Ombudsman may require the Department of Corrective Services or
the Attorney General’s Department to provide information concerning the
Department’s participation in the operation of the relevant
provisions.However, those provisions may also require the participation of
NSW Police. Accordingly, the proposed amendment extends the Ombudsman’s
power to require the provision of information so as to permit the Ombudsman to
make that requirement of NSW Police as well as of the relevant
Department.1.9 Criminal Appeal Act
1912 No 16[1] Section 2 DefinitionsOmit “Victims
Compensation Act 1996” from paragraph (f) of the
definition of sentence in section 2
(1).Insert instead “Victims
Support and Rehabilitation Act
1996”.[2] Section 2 (1), definition of
“sentence”Omit “section 126” from paragraph (g). Insert instead
“section 43”.[3] Section 2 (1), definition of
“sentence”Omit “Part 6” from paragraph (h). Insert instead
“Division 3 of Part 5”.Explanatory
noteItem [1] of the proposed amendments updates a reference to the
“Victims Compensation Act
1996” in consequence of the renaming of that Act as the
1996.Item [2] of the proposed amendments corrects a cross-reference to
1986 in consequence of the rearrangement and renumbering of
the provisions of that Act by the Criminal
Procedure Amendment (Justices and Local Courts) Act 2001.
Section 126 was renumbered as section 43.Item [3] of the proposed amendments corrects a cross-reference to
“Part 6 of Chapter 4” of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986. The
renumbering of the Criminal Procedure Act
1986 did not include a Part 6 in Chapter 4. The correct
reference is to Division 3 of Part 5 of Chapter 4.1.10 Dental Practice Act
2001 No 64Schedule 7 Savings and
transitional provisionsOmit “the subject of an inquiry by a Professional Standards
Committee or an inquiry by or appeal before the Dental Tribunal under that
Act” from clause 15 (2).Insert instead “the subject of an inquiry by or appeal
before the old Board”.CommencementThe amendment to the Dental
Practice Act 2001 commences, or is taken to have commenced, on
the commencement of clause 15 of Schedule 7 to that
noteClause 15 of Schedule 7 to the Dental Practice Act 2001 (the new Act) deals with
complaints that have been made to the Dental Board constituted by the Dentists Act 1989 (the old Act) and not
finally disposed of as at the commencement of the new Act.Generally, those complaints are to be dealt with as if they had
been made under the new Act. However, clause 15 (2) provides that such a
complaint is to be dealt with under the old Act as if that Act had not been
repealed if, on the commencement of clause 15, the complaint “is the
subject of an inquiry by a Professional Standards Committee or an inquiry by
or appeal before the Dental Tribunal under [the old
Act]”.Although many health professional Acts provide for Professional
Standards Committees, neither the old Act nor the new Act does so, and the old
Act did not provide for a Dental Tribunal (although the new Act
does).Accordingly, the proposed amendment removes the references to
those bodies and provides, instead, that a complaint under the old Act is to
be dealt with under that Act if, at the commencement of clause 15 of Schedule
7, the complaint was the subject of an inquiry by or an appeal before the
Dental Board constituted by the old Act.1.11 Forestry Act
1916 No 55[1] Section 27 Penalty for unlawfully taking timber, products
or forest materialsOmit “Native Vegetation
Conservation Act 1997” from section 27 (3) (a)
(ia).Insert instead “Native
Vegetation Act 2003”.[2] Section 27H (d1)Omit “Native Vegetation
Conservation Act 1997”.Insert instead “Native
Vegetation Act 2003”.CommencementItem [1] of the amendments to the Forestry Act 1916 commences, or is
taken to have commenced, on the commencement of Part 3 of the Native Vegetation Act
2003.Item [2] of the amendments to the Forestry Act 1916 commences, or is
taken to have commenced, on the commencement of section 6 of the Native Vegetation Act
2003.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendments are consequential on the repeal of the
1997 and its replacement by the Native Vegetation Act
2003.1.12 Gaming Machine Tax Act
2001 No 72[1] Section 9 Calculation and assessment of taxInsert “(and the hotelier or registered club
concerned)” after “the Chief Commissioner” in section 9 (1)
(b).[2] Section 9 (2A)Insert after section 9 (2): (2A) The Chief Commissioner must notify the hotelier or registered club
concerned of any recalculation advised to the Chief Commissioner under
subsection (2).Explanatory
noteSection 8 of the Gaming Machine
Tax Act 2001 (the Act) provides that the
Liquor Administration Board (the Board) may, from time
to time, require certain (or all) hoteliers and registered clubs that keep
gaming machines to lodge a return in relation to the performance of those
gaming machines and the tax payable under the Act in respect of them. The
return is to be lodged with the holder of the centralised monitoring system
licence under the Gaming Machines Act
2001 (the CMS
licensee).Section 9 (1) of the Act requires the CMS licensee, as soon as
practicable after the receipt of such a return, to calculate the amount of
each quarterly instalment of tax payable by the hotelier or registered club
concerned and to advise the Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (the Chief
Commissioner) of the calculated amount.Section 9 (2) of the Act permits the Board, in certain
circumstances, to recalculate the amount of any such quarterly instalment and
to advise the Chief Commissioner accordingly.Item [1] of the proposed amendments requires the CMS licensee to
advise the hotelier or registered club concerned, as well as the Chief
Commissioner, of the amount it has calculated in respect of the hotelier or
registered club.Item [2] of the proposed amendments requires the Chief
Commissioner to notify the hotelier or registered club concerned of any
recalculation of that amount advised to the Chief Commissioner under section 9
(2).1.13 Geographical Names Act
1966 No 13[1] Section 3 Geographical Names BoardOmit “Department of Urban Affairs and Planning” from
section 3 (2) (b).Insert instead “Department of Infrastructure, Planning and
Natural Resources”.[2] Section 3 (2) (d)Omit “Department of Information Technology and
Management”.Insert instead “Department of
Lands”.[3] Section 5 Powers and functions of boardInsert at the end of section 5: (2) The board may compile, maintain and publish a list of road
names.[4] Section 7AInsert after section 7: 7A Certain names taken to be recorded names(1) The board may resolve to regard a name of a place as the recorded
name of the place if the name appears in the same way on or in more than one
map or other publication, or database, published or maintained:(a) by a government agency, or
(b) by any other body, if:(i) the publication or database has been publicly available for a
minimum of three years, and
(ii) the board is of the opinion that the publication or database is of
a reliable cartographic and geospatial standard.
(2) A name cannot be the subject of a resolution under this section if
the board is aware that the name appears differently on or in two or more
publications or databases referred to in subsection (1), even if the name
appears in the same way on or in more than one such publication or
database.(3) A name the subject of a resolution under this section is taken to
be a recorded name for the purposes of this Act.[5] Section 18 Delegation of powersOmit “Under Secretary” from section 18 (2) (a) and (c)
wherever occurring.Insert instead
“Director-General”.Explanatory
noteUpdating of referencesItems [1], [2] and [5] of the proposed amendments update outdated
references in the Geographical Names Act
1966 (the
Act) to the names of two Departments and to a position in a
Department.Powers and functions of Geographical Names
BoardSection 5 of the Act sets out the powers and functions of the
Geographical Names Board (the Board) constituted
under the Act. Those powers and functions include the function of publishing a
gazetteer of geographical names. There is no reference in the section to road
names.Item [3] of the proposed amendments specifically authorises (but
does not oblige) the Board to compile, maintain and publish a list of road
names.Assignment of geographical names to placesSection 7 of the Act permits the Board to assign, by notice in the
Gazette, a recorded
name as the geographical name of a place. (A recorded name is
“the name of a place as it appears on a Lands Department map”.) If
the Board proposes to assign as the geographical name of a place a name that
is not a recorded name, section 8 of the Act requires the Board to give
notice of its intention to do so in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating
in the neighbourhood of the place concerned. Section 9 of the Act provides for
the making and consideration of public submissions in respect of any such
proposal.Item [4] of the proposed amendments inserts section 7A in the Act
so as to permit the Board to assign as the geographical name of a place a name
that is not a recorded name, without giving notice of its intention to do so,
if the name appears in the same way on or in more than one map or other
publication (including a database) of a kind specified in the
section.1.14 National Environment
Protection Council (New South Wales) Act 1995 No 4[1] Section 14 Council may make national environment
protection measuresOmit “National Road Transport Commission” from section
14 (2) (a).Insert instead “National Transport
Commission”.[2] Section 14 (2) (b)Omit “National Road Transport
Commission Act 1991”.Insert instead “National
Transport Commission Act 2003”.Explanatory
National Road Transport Commission Act
1991 of the Commonwealth and its replacement by the National Transport Commission Act 2003 of
that jurisdiction.1.15 Ombudsman Act
1974 No 68[1] Section 34 Disclosure by Ombudsman or officerOmit “or” where lastly occurring in section 34 (1)
(c).[2] Section 34 (1) (c1)Insert after section 34 (1) (c): (c1) to a police officer (or any other investigative authority that the
Ombudsman considers appropriate) for the purpose of making any inquiry, or
carrying out any investigation, to determine whether any proceedings referred
to in paragraph (c) should be instituted, or
noteSection 34 (1) of the Ombudsman
Act 1974 (the
Act) prohibits the disclosure, by the Ombudsman or an officer of the
Ombudsman, of “any information obtained by the Ombudsman or officer in
the course of the Ombudsman’s or officer’s office” unless
the disclosure is made in the circumstances set out in section
34.Section 34 (1) (c) permits the making of such a disclosure
“for the purpose of any proceedings under section 37 [of the Act] or
under Part 3 of the Royal Commissions Act
1923 or Part 4 of the Special Commissions of Inquiry Act
1983”. The Parts 3 and 4 referred to are in
substantially the same terms, and create offences relating to the relevant
commission (such as failure to comply with a summons to attend the commission
or to produce documents to it, the giving of false testimony before the
commission, and the like). Section 37 of the Act creates offences under the
Act (such as failure to comply with any lawful requirement of the
Ombudsman).At present, section 34 (1) (c) does not permit a disclosure for
the purpose of an investigation to determine whether proceedings should be
instituted under section 37 or Part 3 or Part 4 (for example, an investigation
to determine whether a witness has given false testimony to a Royal Commission
and should, therefore, be prosecuted for that offence).Item [2] of the proposed amendments extends section 34 (1) (c)
accordingly. Item [1] makes a consequential amendment.1.16 Optometrists Act
2002 No 30Section 21 Authority
for use of drugs by optometristsOmit “and miotics” from section 21 (5).Insert instead “, miotics and such other drugs (being one or
more of the drugs prescribed under section 29A (2) of the Optometrists Act 1930 immediately
before the repeal of that section)”.CommencementThe amendment to the Optometrists Act 2002 commences, or
is taken to have commenced, on the commencement of section 21 of that
noteSection 29A of the Optometrists
Act 1930 (the 1930 Act—which
is to be repealed and replaced by the Optometrists Act 2002—the 2002 Act) prohibits a
registered optometrist from (among other things) using in the practice of
optometry “any drugs other than cycloplegics, local anaesthetics,
mydriatics, myotics and such other drugs as may be
prescribed”.Section 21 of the 2002 Act and section 17B of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act
1966 set up a new scheme, under which the Optometrists Drug
Authority Committee established under section 17B (the Committee) may from
time to time approve of the use in the practice of optometry of
“specified poisons and restricted substances”. The holder of an
optometrists drug authority under section 21 of the 2002 Act is authorised to
“possess, use, supply or prescribe, in the practice of optometry, such
poisons and restricted substances” as are approved under section 17B in
respect of the class of authority concerned.To avoid the necessity for the Committee to evaluate and approve
the use by optometrists of drugs that optometrists have been using for many
years under the 1930 Act, section 21 (5) of the 2002 Act provides that,
despite the provisions of the Poisons and
Therapeutic Goods Act 1966, a registered optometrist “is
authorised to possess and use, in the practice of optometry, such cyclopegics,
local anaesthetics, mydriatics and miotics as may be prescribed”.
However, section 21 (5) omits the reference to “such other drugs”
contained in section 29A of the 1930 Act.The proposed amendment inserts the missing reference, so as to
ensure that drugs prescribed under the 1930 Act may also be prescribed under
the 2002 Act. However, the amendment limits that reference so that it applies
only in respect of drugs that are prescribed under the 1930 Act immediately
before the repeal of the relevant provision. Any other drugs (including any
new drugs that may be developed) will require approval by the Committee before
they may be used by registered optometrists in the practice of
optometry.1.17 Parliamentary
Electorates and Elections Act 1912 No 41[1] Sections 6A and 31Omit “members of the police force” wherever
occurring.Insert instead “police
officers”.[2] Sections 90 (7), 93, 114 (1), 151D, 178, 181 and
184Omit “member of the police force” wherever
officer”.[3] Section 178 (2)Insert at the end of section 178: (2) This section does not apply (and is taken never to have applied)
so as to prevent a police officer from being a candidate for election to the
Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council or from doing anything done by a
police officer as such a candidate.Explanatory
noteItems [1] and [2] of the proposed amendments update outdated
references in the Parliamentary Electorates
and Elections Act 1912 (the Act) to a “member
of the police force”. That term has been replaced by the term
“police officer” (which is defined in section 21 of the Interpretation Act
1987).Item [3] of the proposed amendments makes it clear that the
provision of the Act that imposes a penalty on a police officer who
“takes part in any election (except by recording his or her vote) or
seeks to influence in any manner any elector in giving his or her vote for any
candidate or candidates” does not prevent a police officer from being a
candidate in the election concerned and does not apply to anything done by the
police officer in the capacity of a candidate.1.18 Plantations and
Reafforestation Act 1999 No 97Section 27 Content of
CodeOmit “Native Vegetation
Conservation Act 1997” from section 27 (2)
(a).Insert instead “Native
Vegetation Act 2003”.CommencementThe amendment to the Plantations
and Reafforestation Act 1999 commences, or is taken to have
commenced, on the commencement of section 3 of the Native Vegetation Act
noteThe proposed amendment is consequential on the repeal of the
2003.1.19 Property, Stock and
Business Agents Act 2002 No 66[1] Section 43 Duty of licensee not to employ certain
personsOmit “(unless the person currently holds a licence or
certificate of registration)” from section 43 (1) (b) and (c) wherever
occurring.Insert instead “(unless a licence or certificate of
registration has subsequently been granted to the person and is not suspended
or cancelled)”.[2] Section 55 No entitlement to commission or expenses
without agency agreementOmit “may order that the commission or expenses” from
section 55 (4).Insert instead “, or before which a licensee is a respondent
to a consumer claim relating to commission or expenses (as referred to in
section 36), may order that the commission or expenses
concerned”.Explanatory
noteEmployment by licenseeAt present, section 43 of the Property, Stock and Business Agents Act
Act) prohibits a person licensed under the Act (a licensee) from
employing a person “in any capacity in connection with the carrying on
of the business conducted by the licensee” if the person (among other
things):(a) has had his or her licence or certificate of registration
suspended or cancelled under the Act (section 43 (1) (b)),
(b) has had an application for a licence or certificate of
registration refused on the ground that the person was not a fit and proper
person to hold a licence or certificate of registration (section 43 (1)
unless (in each case) “the person currently holds a licence or
certificate of registration”.The exceptions are provided because (for example) problems that
gave rise to the suspension or cancellation of the licence or certificate of
registration might have been rectified by the person concerned, or the
circumstances of an applicant for a licence or certificate of registration who
had been found not to be a “fit and proper person” might have
changed so as to render the applicant a fit and proper person, and a licence
or certificate of registration has subsequently been issued to the person or
applicant concerned.However, the holding of a licence or certificate of registration
is not a prerequisite for all employment in a licensee’s agency
(for example, employment in an administrative capacity). Accordingly, item [1]
of the proposed amendments alters the exceptions provided by section 43 (1)
(b) and (c) so as to permit the employment of a person whose licence or
certificate has previously been cancelled or suspended, or whose application
has previously been refused, if the person has subsequently been granted a
licence or certificate even if the person has allowed the licence or
certificate to lapse (but not if the subsequent licence or certificate has
been suspended or cancelled).Waiver of technical requirementSection 55 of the Act provides that a licensee “is not
entitled to any commission or expenses from a person for or in connection with
services performed by the licensee in the capacity of licensee for or on
behalf of the person” unless certain requirements of the Act are
complied with. One of those requirements is that the licensee serve a copy of
the relevant agency agreement (signed by or on behalf of the licensee) on the
person concerned within 48 hours after the agreement was signed by or on
behalf of that person (section 55 (1) (c)).Section 55 (4) and (5) of the Act permit, in certain
circumstances, a court or tribunal “before which proceedings are taken
by a licensee for the recovery of commission or expenses” to order that
the commission or expenses are wholly or partly recoverable despite the
failure of the licensee to comply with section 55 (1) (c).Item [2] of the proposed amendments ensures that the section 55
(1) (c) requirement in relation to the service of the agency agreement may be
waived in consumer claim proceedings under section 36 (which relate to
commission or expenses) in which the licensee is the respondent in the same
way as it may be waived in proceedings in which the licensee is the
applicant.1.20 Protection of the
Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156[1] Section 80 Surrender of licenceOmit section 80 (3).[2] Section 189 IdentificationInsert “or other” after “regulatory” in
section 189 (1).[3] Section 216 Time within which summary proceedings may be
commencedInsert “or application” after “court attendance
notice” in section 216 (3).[4] Section 216 (3)Omit “information or application”.Insert instead “court attendance notice or
application”.[5] Schedule 5 Savings, transitional and other
provisionsInsert at the end of the Schedule, with appropriate Part and
clause numbers: Part Provisions consequent on enactment of Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
2004Surrender of licencesFees relating to any surrendered licence (including a licence that
was surrendered before the repeal of section 80 (3) by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
2004) may be refunded or waived in accordance with this Act
and the regulations.Explanatory
noteSurrender of licencesItem [1] of the proposed amendments repeals section 80 (3) of the
Act 1997 (the Act). That
subsection currently provides that no fees are refundable on the surrender of
a licence under the Act.Item [5] of the proposed amendments inserts a transitional
provision to make it clear that fees relating to licences that were
surrendered before the repeal of section 80 (3) may be refunded or waived in
accordance with the Act and the regulations. A related amendment is proposed
to be made to the Protection of the Environment Operations (General)
Regulation 1998 elsewhere in this
Schedule.Appointment of enforcement officersAt present, section 189 (1) of the Act requires a regulatory
authority (as defined in the Act) that appoints an authorised officer or an
enforcement officer for the purposes of the Act to provide the officer
concerned with an identification card. However, enforcement officers may be
appointed by authorities other than regulatory authorities. Item [2] of the
proposed amendments amends section 189 (1) to take account of that
fact.Originating processSection 216 of the Act provides that proceedings for an offence
that is to be dealt with summarily under the Act may be commenced:(a) within a specified time after the date on which the offence is
alleged to have been committed, or
(b) within a specified time after the date on which evidence of the
alleged offence first came to the attention of any relevant authorised officer
In the latter case, section 216 (3) of the Act requires the
originating process to contain particulars of the date on which that evidence
first came to the attention of the officer concerned. The originating process
is referred to as a “court attendance notice” in the Local Court
and an “application” in the Land and Environment Court and Supreme
Court.Items [3] and [4] of the proposed amendments correct incomplete or
inaccurate references to that originating process.1.21 Protection of the Environment Operations (General)
Regulation 1998[1] Clause 15 Refunds and waivers—annual licence
feesOmit the Note to the clause.[2] Clause 15 (5)Insert after clause 15 (4): (5) Without limiting the other provisions of this clause, on approval
of an application under section 80 of the Act for surrender of a licence, the
EPA may waive the payment of all or any part of an administrative fee that is
an annual licence fee in respect of the licence concerned if the EPA considers
it appropriate to do so having regard to the administrative costs incurred by
the EPA in connection with the licence.Explanatory
noteItem [1] of the proposed amendments omits a Note to clause 15 of
Environment Operations (General) Regulation 1998 (the Regulation) to the
effect that section 80 (3) of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
1997 provides that no fees are refundable on the surrender of
a licence. Section 80 (3) is repealed by an amendment proposed to be made
elsewhere in this Schedule.Item [2] of the proposed amendments inserts an additional
subclause in clause 15 of the Regulation so as to permit the waiver of payment
of certain administrative fees in relation to a licence that is surrendered.
The grounds for the waiver are the same as those for the refund of fees
actually paid (as currently set out in the clause).1.22 Public Reserves
Management Fund Act 1987 No 179[1] Section 3 DefinitionsOmit “within the meaning of Part 3B of the
Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913” from
paragraph (a) of the definition of public
reserve.Insert instead “within the meaning of Part 5 of the Crown Lands Act
1989”.[2] Section 5 Payments into Public Reserves Management
FundOmit “under Part 3B of the Crown Lands
Consolidation Act 1913” from section 5
(e).Insert instead “under Division 5 of Part 5 of the Crown Lands Act
1989”.[3] Section 5 (f)Omit “under section 136L of the Crown Lands
Consolidation Act 1913 or section 39A of the
Closer Settlement Act
1904”.Insert instead “under Division 5 of Part 4 of the Crown Lands Act
1989”.[4] Section 6 Payments out of Public Reserves Management
Consolidation Act 1913” from section 6
(d).Insert instead “under Division 7 of Part 5 of the Crown Lands Act
1989”.[5] Section 6 (e) and (f)Omit “under section 37HH of the Crown Lands
Consolidation Act 1913” wherever
occurring.Insert instead “under section 111 of the Crown Lands Act
1989”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendments update outdated references to repealed
Acts.1.23 Radiation Control Act
1990 No 13[1] Section 4 DefinitionsOmit the definitions of sealed radioactive
source and unsealed
radioactive source from section 4 (1).[2] Section 4 (1)Insert in alphabetical order: sealed radioactive source means a radioactive
substance sealed in a capsule, or closely bound in a solid form, so as:(a) to prevent escape or dispersion of the radioactive substance,
(b) to allow the emission of ionising
sealed source device means equipment or a
gauge, instrument or device that contains a sealed radioactive source and
permits the controlled emission of radiation, but does not include a container
used solely for the storage or transport of a sealed radioactive
source.[3] Section 7 Responsibilities of owners of sealed source
devices and certain radiation apparatusOmit “sealed radioactive sources” from section 7 (1)
(a).Insert instead “sealed source
devices”.[4] Section 7 (4) and (5)Omit “sealed radioactive source” wherever
occurring.Insert instead “sealed source
device”.[5] Section 8 Responsibilities of occupier of premises on
which certain radioactive substances are kept or usedOmit “an unsealed radioactive source” from section 8
(1).Insert instead “a radioactive substance that is not
contained in a sealed source device”.[6] Section 8 (2)Omit “unsealed radioactive source
kept”.Insert instead “radioactive substance that is not contained
in a sealed source device and is kept”.[7] Section 9A Authority may seek advice from
CouncilOmit “sealed radioactive source” from section 9A
(b).Insert instead “sealed source
device”.[8] Section 18 Notices to take actionOmit “the owner” from section 18 (2) (c). Insert
instead “the person”.[9] Schedule 2 Savings and transitional provisionsInsert at the end of the Schedule with appropriate Part and clause
numbers: Part Provisions consequent on enactment of Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
2004Construction of references to “sealed radioactive
source”(1) A reference to a sealed radioactive source in any licence,
accreditation or registration (and in any related document, such as a
variation, suspension, surrender or cancellation), being a licence,
accreditation, registration or other document that is issued by the Authority
for the purposes of this Act and that was in force immediately before the
repeal and re-enactment of the definition of sealed radioactive
source in section 4 by the Statute
Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 is taken to be a
reference to a sealed source device.(2) Subclause (1) applies in respect of any application made to the
Authority in the same way as it applies in respect of a document issued by the
Authority.CommencementItems [1]–[4], [7] and [9] of the amendments to the Radiation Control Act 1990 commence,
or are taken to have commenced, on 1 July 2004.Items [5] and [6] of the amendments to the Radiation Control Act 1990 commence,
or are taken to have commenced, on the commencement of section 8 of that
noteDefinitionsSection 4 (1) of the Radiation
Control Act 1990 (the Act) defines (among
other terms) sealed
radioactive source and unsealed
radioactive source for the purposes of the Act. At present, section
4 (1) defines sealed
radioactive source as “a radioactive substance enclosed in a
container which prevents escape of the substance and permits controlled
emission of radiation from the container”. In certain other
jurisdictions, the two concepts embodied in this definition are contained in
separate definitions. The concept of the sealed radioactive source is
contained in one definition and the concept of a container or device that
holds the sealed radioactive source and controls the emission of radiation is
contained in another definition.For consistency with those other jurisdictions, item [2] of the
proposed amendments inserts a new definition of sealed
radioactive source and a definition of sealed source
device to provide for the separate embodiment of the two concepts.
Item [1] of the proposed amendments repeals the current definition of sealed
radioactive source and the definition of unsealed
radioactive source (which is used in only one section of the Act).
The changes effected by item [2] are changes in terminology only, not changes
of substance.Items [3]–[7] of the proposed amendments make consequential
amendments. Item [9] inserts a savings provision.Statute law amendmentSection 18 of the Act permits an authorised officer to serve a
notice on a person whom the authorised officer believes to be in breach of
certain requirements or responsible for unnecessary exposure to or
contamination by radiation. The notice may direct the person to take certain
steps specified in it.Section 18 (2) (c) provides that the notice must contain a
statement to the effect that the person on whom it is served is entitled to
make a submission to the Environment Protection Authority as to why “the
owner” should not comply with the direction concerned.Item [8] of the proposed amendments corrects the incorrect
reference to the owner.1.24 Radiation Control Regulation
2003[1] Clause 9Omit the clause. Insert instead: 9 Exemptions from section 7 registration requirements for
certain sealed source devicesThe sealed source devices specified in Schedule 3A are exempt from
the application of section 7 of the Act.[2] Clause 12 Consulting radiation expertsOmit “sealed radioactive sources” from clause 12 (1)
(e)–(h) wherever occurring.Insert instead “sealed source
devices”.[3] Clause 17 Personal monitoring devicesOmit “unsealed radioactive sources” from clause 17 (1)
(d).Insert instead “radioactive substances that are not
contained in sealed source devices”.[4] Clause 26 Certain occurrences are taken to be radiation
accidentsOmit “sealed radioactive source” from clause 26 (2)
(c).Insert instead “sealed source
device”.[5] Clause 29 Faults or defectsOmit “sealed radioactive source” from clause 29 (2)
wherever occurring.Insert instead “sealed source
device”.[6] Schedule 3 Exemptions from licensingOmit “Sealed radioactive sources” from item 2 in Part
1.Insert instead “Sealed source
devices”.[7] Schedule 3AInsert after Schedule 3: Schedule 3A Exemptions from application of section 7 of the
Act(Clause 9)
1Gas chromatography detectors2Enclosed x-ray diffraction, absorption and
fluorescence analysers that comply with the requirements for enclosed units as
defined in the document published by the National Health and Medical Research
Council entitled Code of practice for protection
against ionizing radiation emitted from X-ray analysis
equipment (or as defined in any document replacing that
document that is published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear
Safety Agency)CommencementThe amendments to the Radiation Control Regulation 2003
commence, or are taken to have commenced, on 1 July
2004.Explanatory
noteItems [2]–[6] of the proposed amendments (and item [1] in
part) are consequential on certain of the amendments to the Radiation Control Act 1990 (the Act) proposed to be made
elsewhere in this Schedule. The amendments concerned are the repeal and
re-enactment of the definition of sealed radioactive
source and the insertion of a definition of sealed source
device.Clause 9 of the Radiation Control Regulation 2003
currently provides an exemption from the registration requirements of section
7 of the Act for all “sealed radioactive sources” (in the current
terminology) other than fixed radiation gauges. That exemption is due to
expire on 1 July 2004. Items [1] and [7] of the proposed amendments continue
the exemption in respect of certain of those “sealed source
devices” (in the new terminology).1.25 Real Property Act
1900 No 25Section 135J Appeals
to Land and Environment CourtInsert after section 135J (3): (3A) The appellant must join each owner of land adjoining the boundary
(except, in each case, an appellant owner) as a party to the following
proceedings:(a) proceedings on an appeal under this section,
(b) proceedings on any appeal under the Land and Environment Court Act
1979 in respect of the appeal.
noteAt present, section 135J of the Real Property Act 1900 (the Act) permits a person who
is dissatisfied with a boundary determination under Part 14A of the Act to
appeal to the Land and Environment Court for a determination by that Court of
the position of the boundary.Section 135J (2) provides that the persons entitled to appeal
under the section are the following:(a) an owner of land adjoining the boundary,
(b) a person who applied for the determination as purchaser under a
contract for the sale of land adjoining the boundary,
(c) a public or local authority or the Head of a Government
The proposed amendment inserts a new subclause in section 135J to
require the appellant to join all owners of land adjoining the boundary
concerned as parties to proceedings on the appeal (and in proceedings on any
subsequent appeal). Any owner so joined who does not wish to be actively
involved in the proceedings may either file a submitting appearance or apply
to the Court for removal from the proceedings.1.26 Registered Clubs Act
1976 No 31[1] Section 41C Disclosure of interests in
contractsOmit “section 41X” from section 41C (2)
(a).Insert instead “section 41ZC”.[2] Section 41H Annual reporting requirementsOmit section 41H (1) (k). Insert instead: (k) the total amount of the profits (within the meaning of the Gaming Machine Tax Act 2001) from
the operation of approved gaming machines in the club during the gaming
machine tax period relating to the reporting
[3] Section 41H (3)Omit the subsection. Insert instead: (3) In this section:gaming machine tax period means:(a) in relation to the financial year of a registered club that
includes 31 August 2004—the period of 9 months beginning on 1 December
2003 and ending on 31 August 2004, and
(b) in relation to the financial year of a registered club immediately
preceding the financial year referred to in paragraph (a)—the period of
12 months ending on 30 November 2003, and
(c) in relation to each financial year of a registered club subsequent
to the financial year referred to in paragraph (a)—the period of 12
months beginning on 1 September in the financial year concerned and ending on
31 August in the following year.
reporting period means the relevant financial
year of the registered club in relation to which the information is
provided.Explanatory
noteGaming machine taxAs originally enacted, the Gaming Machine Tax Act 2001 provided
that a tax year, in relation to a registered club, meant the period of 12
months commencing on 1 December in any year. The State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act
2003 amended that definition to provide, instead, that the tax
year of a registered club is the period of 12 months commencing on 1
September.Section 41H (Annual reporting requirements) of the Registered Clubs Act 1976 (the Act) requires
registered clubs to send to each of their members written information relating
to each financial year of the club ending after the commencement of that
section. (The section commenced on 9 April 2004.) Among the information that
must be provided is “the total amount of the profits (within the meaning
of the Gaming Machine Tax Act
2001) from the operation of approved gaming machines in the
club during the period of 12 months ending on 30 November in the year to which
the report relates (the gaming
machine tax period)”—section 41H (1) (k).In view of the change in the definition of tax year, item [2] of
the proposed amendments repeals and re-enacts section 41H (1) (k) so as to
remove the reference to 30 November and to refer, instead, to the gaming
machine tax period relating to the reporting period in respect of which the
information is being provided.Section 41H (3) of the Act currently defines reporting
period for the purposes of section 41H. Item [3] of the proposed
amendments repeals and re-enacts that subsection (without any change to the
period) so as to permit the insertion of a definition of gaming machine tax
period. The latter definition covers the transitional 9-month period
from 1 December 2003 to 31 August 2004 that is provided for in Schedule 2A to
the Gaming Machine Tax Act
2001 (which was also inserted in that Act by the State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act
2003).Statute law revisionItem [1] of the proposed amendments corrects an incorrect
cross-reference.1.27 Road and Rail
Transport (Dangerous Goods) Act 1997 No 113[1] Section 34 Application orders and emergency
ordersOmit section 34 (2).[2] Section 41 Use of codes of practice etc in
proceedingsOmit “the Ministerial Council for Road Transport or”
from section 41 (1).Explanatory
noteItem [1] of the proposed amendments repeals a provision relating
to certain provisions of the Agreements scheduled in the now-repealed National Road Transport Commission Act
1991 of the Commonwealth. The Agreements themselves have been
independently terminated (by clause 21 of the Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational
Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal Transport).Item [2] of the proposed amendment omits a reference in section 41
(1) of the Road and Rail Transport
(Dangerous Goods) Act 1997 to a body that has been replaced by
the Australian Transport Council (to which section 41 (1) also
refers).1.28 Road Transport (Driver
Licensing) Act 1998 No 99[1] Section 3 Objects of ActInsert at the end of the Note to the section: The Commonwealth Act referred to in paragraph (a) has been
repealed and replaced by the National Transport
Commission Act 2003 of the Commonwealth, and the agreements
scheduled to the repealed Act have been independently terminated and replaced
by the Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory
and Operational Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal
Transport.[2] Section 19 Regulations generallyOmit “National Road Transport Commission” from section
19 (2).Insert instead “National Transport Commission (formerly the
National Road Transport Commission)”.[3] DictionaryOmit “section 3 of the National
Road Transport Commission Act 1991” from the definition
Transport Council.Insert instead “section 4 of the National Transport Commission Act
2003”.Explanatory
that jurisdiction.1.29 Road Transport
(General) Act 1999 No 18[1] Section 12 Application orders and emergency
ordersOmit section 12 (2).[2] Section 12 (5)Omit “section 3 of the National
1991 of the Commonwealth (the Commonwealth
Act). The Agreements themselves have been independently terminated
(by clause 21 of the Inter-Governmental Agreement
for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal
Transport).Item [2] of the proposed amendments is consequential on the repeal
of the Commonwealth Act and its replacement by the National Transport Commission Act 2003 of
that jurisdiction.1.30 Road Transport (Heavy
Vehicles Registration Charges) Act 1995 No 72[1] Section 9 Variations in chargesOmit section 9 (2). Insert instead: (2) Before such a regulation is made, the Minister must cause notice
to be published in the Gazette of the maximum registration charges that may be
imposed for the time being, as calculated:(a) in accordance with such procedures (if any) as are for the time
being approved, and
(b) subject to such parameters (if any) as are for the time being
by the Australian Transport Council or the National Transport Commission
under the Agreement referred to in section 4 of the Commonwealth
Act.[2] Section 9 (5)Omit the subsection. Insert instead (5) In this section:Australian Transport Council has the same
meaning as it has in the Commonwealth Act.National Transport Commission means the
Commission of that name established by the Commonwealth Act.the Commonwealth Act means the National Transport Commission Act 2003 of
the Commonwealth.Explanatory
that jurisdiction.1.31 Road
1996[1] Clause 27 Issuing a Class 3 notice or permitOmit “National Road Transport Commission” from clause
27 (6).Insert instead “National Transport
Commission”.[2] DictionaryOmit “National Road Transport Commission’s Heavy
Vehicle Accreditation Scheme” from the definition of Mass
Management Accreditation Scheme.Insert instead “National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation
Scheme”.[3] Dictionary, definition of “Ministerial
Council”Omit the definition.[4] Dictionary, definition of “National Road Transport
Commission”Omit the definition. Insert instead: National Transport Commission means the
National Transport Commission established under the National Transport Commission Act 2003 of
noteItems [1] and [4] of the proposed amendments are consequential on
the repeal of the National Road Transport
Commission Act 1991 of the Commonwealth and its replacement by
the National Transport Commission Act
2003 of that jurisdiction.Item [2] of the proposed amendments updates a reference to a
national scheme.Item [3] of the proposed amendments omits a definition of a term
that is no longer used in the Regulation.1.32 Road Transport (Safety
and Traffic Management) Act 1999 No 20[1] Section 3 Objects of ActInsert after section 3 (a): Note. The Agreements concerned were the Heavy
Vehicle Agreement and the Light
Vehicle Agreement. The Commonwealth Act referred to has been
Commission Act 2003. That Act does not have any Agreements
scheduled to it but does make provision for an Agreement “entered into
in relation to [that] Act”. That Agreement is the Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational
Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal
Transport.[2] Section 32 Evidence of alcohol concentration revealed by
breath or blood analysis in proceedings for offence under section 9Omit “under Division 4” from section 32 (1)
(b).Insert instead “under this
Part”.[3] Section 33 Certificate evidence about breath or blood
analysis in proceedings for offences under section 9Omit “under this section” from section 33 (6)
(a).Insert instead “under this
Part”.[4] Section 71 RegulationsOmit “National Road Transport Commission” from section
71 (3) (a), (4), (5) (d) and (6) wherever occurring (including where occurring
in the heading to section 71 (6)).Insert instead “National Transport
Commission”.[5] Section 72AInsert after section 72: 72A Rules(1) The Governor may make rules, not inconsistent with this Act, for
or with respect to any matter for or with respect to which the Governor may
make regulations under this Act.(2) The rules may repeal or amend the regulations and the regulations
may repeal or amend the rules.(3) A reference in this or any other Act or law to a matter prescribed
by the regulations under this Act (however expressed) includes a reference to
a matter prescribed by the rules.(4) The same legal rules and principles apply to the resolution of an
inconsistency between a rule and a regulation as apply to the resolution of an
inconsistency between regulations.[6] DictionaryOmit “section 3 of the National
2003”.[7] Dictionary, definition of “National Road Transport
noteEvidence arising from analysis of blood
samplesItems [2] and [3] of the proposed amendments arise out of the
repeal of the Traffic Act 1909 (the 1909 Act) and
the re-enactment of many of its provisions in the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act
1999 (the current
Act).Section 9 of the current Act creates the offence of driving (or
attempting to drive, or supervising a learner driver) with a prescribed
concentration of alcohol in the blood.Section 32 (1) (b) of the current Act provides that, in
proceedings for an offence under section 9, evidence may be given of the
concentration of alcohol present in the blood of the person charged as
determined by “an analysis of the person’s blood under Division
4”. This reflects section 4G (8) of the 1909 Act, changing the reference
to an analysis “under this section” in that subsection to a
reference to an analysis “under Division 4” [of Part 2] of the
current Act.Section 33 (6) (a) of the current Act provides for the giving of
certificate evidence in such proceedings and refers to a certificate
concerning “a sample of a specified person’s blood …
submitted for analysis under this section”. This reflects section 4G
(11) (a) of the 1909 Act, but omits to change the reference to an analysis
“under this section” in that subsection.Under the current Act, blood is submitted and analysed under
section 18 of Division 3 of Part 2 (following random breath testing), section
23 of Division 4 of that Part (following a driving accident) or section 27 of
Division 5 of that Part (following arrest for failure to submit to, or to
pass, a sobriety assessment).Accordingly, items [2] and [3] of the proposed amendments replace
the incorrect references in section 32 (1) (b) and section 33 (6) (a) with
references to Part 2.Power to make rulesItem [5] of the proposed amendments enables the Governor to make
rules instead of regulations for the purposes of the Act. Rules made by the
Governor are statutory rules for the purposes of the Interpretation Act 1987 and are
therefore disallowable. Such rules are also subject to staged repeal under the
1989 unless specifically excluded from repeal under that
Act.The amendment does not confer any power to make statutory rules
under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic
Management) Act 1999 in respect of additional
subject-matters.Amendments consequential on certain repealItems [1], [4], [6] and [7] of the proposed amendments are
consequential on the repeal of the National Road
Transport Commission Act 1991 of the Commonwealth and its
replacement by the National Transport Commission
Act 2003 of that jurisdiction.1.33 Road
Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Driver Fatigue) Regulation
1999[1] Clause 46 What is an approved DSMDOmit the Note to the clause. Insert instead: Note. Information about approved DSMDs can be obtained from the National
Transport Commission, Level 15/628 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 or
through the National Transport Commission’s web site (URL:
www.ntc.gov.au).[2] DictionaryOmit the Note to the definition of approved
fatigue management training course.Insert instead: Note. Information about approved fatigue management training courses can
be obtained from the National Transport Commission, Level 15/628 Bourke
Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 or through the National Transport
Commission’s web site (URL: www.ntc.gov.au).Explanatory
1991 of the Commonwealth (which established the National Road
Transport Commission) and its replacement by the National Transport Commission Act 2003 of
that jurisdiction (which establishes the National Transport
Commission).1.34 Road Transport
(Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 No 119Section 3 Objects of
ActInsert after section 3 (a): Note. The Agreements concerned were the Heavy
Commission Act 2003 of the Commonwealth. That Act does not
have any Agreements scheduled to it but does make provision for an Agreement
“entered into in relation to [that] Act”. That Agreement is the
Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and
Operational Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal
Transport.Explanatory
that jurisdiction.1.35 Road
Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1998[1] Schedule 4 Vehicle standardsOmit “apply” from clause 123 (2). Insert instead
“applies”.[2] Schedule 4, clause 160Omit the Note to the clause. Insert instead: Note. The Roadworthiness
Guidelines were published by the National Road Transport
Commission (subsequently replaced by the National Transport Commission) and
are available from Ausinfo Bookshops. The Ministerial Council was the
Ministerial Council for Road Transport which was established by a national
agreement called the Heavy Vehicles
Agreement. The Council’s functions are now exercised by
the Australian Transport Council, which was established on 11 June
1993.[3] DictionaryOmit “National Road Transport Commission’s” from
the definition of Maintenance
Management Accreditation Scheme.[4] Dictionary, definition of “Ministerial
Council”Omit the definition.[5] Dictionary, definition of “Non-national Maintenance
Scheme”Insert “or the National Transport Commission” after
“National Road Transport Commission”.Explanatory
noteItem [1] of the proposed amendments corrects a grammatical
error.Item [2] of the proposed amendments updates a Note relating to a
body (the National Road Transport Commission) established by a now-repealed
Act of the Commonwealth. The new Note also elucidates a reference to the
“Ministerial Council”.Item [3] of the proposed amendments repeals a reference to the
abolished body.Item [4] of the proposed amendments repeals the outdated
definition of Ministerial
Council.Item [5] of the proposed amendments adds a reference to the body
that has replaced the National Road Transport Commission to a
definition.1.36 Royal Botanic Gardens
and Domain Trust Act 1980 No 19Section 22
RegulationsOmit “5 penalty units” from section 22
(4).Insert instead “10 penalty
units”.Explanatory
noteAt present, section 22 (4) of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Act
1980 provides that the regulations made under that Act may
impose a penalty “not exceeding 5 penalty units” for any breach of
a regulation. A penalty unit currently equates to $110.The proposed amendment will permit the regulations to impose a
penalty of up to 10 penalty units. This is the same maximum penalty as may be
imposed by regulations under the Centennial
Park and Moore Park Trust Act 1983 and the Parramatta Park Trust Act
2001.1.37 Rural Fires Act
1997 No 65Section 100C Carrying
out of bush fire hazard reduction workOmit “Native Vegetation
Conservation Act 1997” from section 100C
(4).Insert instead “Native
Vegetation Act 2003”.CommencementThe amendment to the Rural Fires
Act 1997 commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the
commencement of section 12 of the Native
Vegetation Act 2003.Explanatory
2003.1.38 Rural Lands
Protection Act 1998 No 143[1] Sections 85 (1), 86 (1), 87 (1), 88 (1) and (3), 101 (3)
(b), 129 and 133 (1) and (3)Omit “Minister for Land and Water Conservation”
wherever occurring.Insert instead “Minister administering the Crown Lands Act
1989”.[2] Section 92 Relationship to other ActsOmit “Native Vegetation
Vegetation Act 2003”.[3] DictionaryOmit the definition of Minister for Crown
Lands.CommencementItem [2] of the amendments to the Rural Lands Protection Act 1998
commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the commencement of Part 3 of the
references.Item [2] of the proposed amendments is consequential on the repeal
of the Native Vegetation Conservation Act
2003.Item [3] of the proposed amendments repeals a definition of a term
that is no longer used in the Rural Lands
Protection Act 1998 or in the Regulations made under that
Act.1.39 Shops and Industries
Act 1962 No 43[1] Section 8 Variation, suspension or cancellation of
approvalInsert “, at the request of the bank that holds the approval
or on the Director-General’s own initiative,” after “The
Director-General may” in section 8 (1).[2] Section 8 (2) (b)Insert at the end of the paragraph: , or(c) the bank has requested the suspension or
[3] Section 8 (4)Omit “the cancellation of”.Insert instead “a variation of a condition of, or the
suspension or cancellation of,”.Explanatory
noteSection 8 of the Shops and
Industries Act 1962 (the Act) provides for the
variation, suspension or cancellation, by the Director-General (the
Director-General) of the Department of Industrial Relations (now the
Department of Commerce), of approvals for banks to open on
weekends.Section 8 (3) prohibits the Director-General from varying the
conditions of, or suspending or cancelling, such an approval unless the
Director-General has:(a) given the bank concerned both written reasons for the
Director-General’s intention to vary, suspend or cancel and an
opportunity to make submissions in respect of that intention,
(b) considered any submissions duly made by the
Section 8 (4) provides that section 8 (3) does not apply to the
cancellation of an approval at the request of the bank that holds the
approval.Although section 8 (4) necessarily implies that a bank holding an
approval may request the cancellation of the approval, the Act does not make
this explicit.Item [1] of the proposed amendments explicitly provides that a
bank holding an approval to open at the weekend may request the cancellation
(or suspension) of the approval, or the variation of a condition of the
approval. Item [3] of the proposed amendments extends the operation of section
8 (4) to cover a bank-initiated request for the suspension of, or variation of
a condition of, its approval.It might be noted that an approval for a bank to open on weekends
does not oblige the bank to do so.1.40 Subordinate
Legislation Act 1989 No 146[1] Section 10 Staged repeal of statutory rulesOmit section 10 (3). Insert instead: (3) Despite the other provisions of this Part, the Seeds Regulation
1994 remains in force until 1 September 2005, unless sooner
repealed.[2] Schedule 3 Matters not requiring regulatory impact
statementsOmit item 4A. Insert instead: 4A Matters involving the substantial implementation of Agreed
Reforms, within the meaning of the Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational
Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal Transport entered into by
the Commonwealth and each of the States and Territories (which came into
effect on 15 January 2004), being Reforms that have been progressed in
accordance with clause 11 of that Agreement.Explanatory
noteStaged repeal of statutory rulesThe Subordinate Legislation Act
1989 (the
Act) provides for the automatic repeal of statutory rules. The
repeal takes effect on the fifth anniversary of the date on which the
statutory rule was published (in the case of a statutory rule published on 1
September in any year) or on the 1 September following the fifth anniversary
of the date on which it was published (in any other case)—see section 10
(2) of the Act. Unless it is intended to allow the statutory rule to lapse, a
statutory rule that is due for repeal under the Act is usually remade in
advance of the repeal date.Section 11 of the Act permits the repeal of a statutory rule to be
postponed, by order of the Governor, for a period of one year. However, the
repeal of a particular statutory rule cannot be postponed on more than five
occasions.The repeal of the Seeds Regulation 1994 (the Regulation)
has been postponed on five occasions, and the Regulation is now due to be
repealed on 1 September 2004. However, it is intended to repeal the Seeds Act 1982 (under which the
Regulation is made). In view of this, there seems little point in remaking the
Regulation. On the other hand, it is desirable to keep the regulatory scheme
of the Regulation in place until such time as replacement provisions come into
force under other legislation.Accordingly, item [1] of the proposed amendments has the effect of
keeping the Regulation in force for a further period of one year after the
date on which it would otherwise be repealed by the Act, unless the Regulation
is sooner repealed by other legislation (such as the repeal of the Seeds Act 1982).The current section 10 (3) of the Act, which the proposed
amendment repeals, is a spent provision that had the effect of keeping certain
regulations concerning occupational health and safety in force until 1 April
2001.Exemptions from requirement for regulatory impact
statementsSchedule 3 to the Act specifies matters that do not require the
preparation of a regulatory impact statement under section 5 of the Act. Item
[2] of the proposed amendments repeals an item of that Schedule referring to
the implementation of the Agreements scheduled in the now-repealed National Road Transport Commission Act
1991 of the Commonwealth. (The Agreements themselves have been
independently terminated by clause 21 of the Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational
Reform in Road, Rail and Intermodal Transport.) The provision
is re-enacted so as to refer, instead, to the “Agreed Reforms”
within the meaning of a new Agreement that provides generally for assessment
of Proposed Reforms before they become Agreed
Reforms.1.41 Sydney Water
Catchment Management Act 1998 No 171[1] Section 7 BoardInsert after section 7 (2) (a): (a1) the Chief Executive, and
[2] Schedule 1 Constitution and procedure of BoardInsert “or the Chief Executive” after “Managing
Director” in the definition of appointed member
in clause 1.[3] Schedule 1, clause 12 (2)Omit the subclause. Insert instead: (2) The Chief Executive (if present) is to preside at a meeting of the
Board in the absence of the Chairperson. If both the Chairperson and the Chief
Executive are absent, the Managing Director (if present) is to
preside.Explanatory
noteBoard of Sydney Catchment AuthoritySection 7 of the Sydney Water
Catchment Management Act 1998 (the Act) provides for a
Board of the Sydney Catchment Authority (the Authority)
constituted by the Act. The Board consists of the Managing Director of the
Authority and at least 4 but no more than 8 members appointed by the Minister
(two of whom are nominees of specified organisations and one of whom is an
elected councillor of a local government area within the catchment
area).Item [1] of the proposed amendments adds the Chief Executive of
the Authority to the Board.Item [2] of the proposed amendments makes a consequential
amendment.Presiding member at Board meetingsClause 12 (1) of Schedule 1 to the Act provides that the
Chairperson of the Board is to preside at a meeting of the Board. If the
Chairperson is absent from the meeting, the members of the Board who are
present at the meeting are, “subject to subclause (2)”, to elect
one of their number to preside. Clause 12 (2) provides that the Managing
Director, if present, is to preside in the absence of the
Chairperson.Item [3] of the proposed amendments repeals and re-enacts clause
12 (2) so as to provide for the Chief Executive of the Authority (rather than
the Managing Director), if present, to preside in the absence of the
Chairperson. If both the Chairperson and the Chief Executive are absent, the
Managing Director is to preside (if present).1.42 Transport
Administration Act 1988 No 109[1] Section 42L Disclosure of information by ITSRROmit “Rail Safety Act
2003” from section 42L (6).Insert instead “Rail
Safety Act 2002”.[2] Section 53 Miscellaneous functions of RTAInsert at the end of section 53 (1) (c): , and(d) perform, in accordance with the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 of the
Commonwealth, the functions of a Regulatory Authority under that
[3] Section 119 RegulationsInsert after section 119 (1): (1A) Without limiting subclause (1), the regulations may prescribe fees
in respect of the performance by the Roads and Traffic Authority of the
functions of a Regulatory Authority under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 of the
Commonwealth.[4] Schedule 6 Transfer of certain staffOmit “former Railcorp
staff” from clause 1.Insert instead “former RailCorp
staff”.Explanatory
noteFunctions of Roads and Traffic AuthoritySection 6 of the Interstate Road
Transport Act 1985 of the Commonwealth (the Cth Act) provides
for the Governor-General to make an arrangement with the Governor of a State
“for and in relation to designating an authority or officer of the State
as the authority or officer who is to perform the functions of” a
Registration Authority or a Licensing Authority (collectively, a Regulatory
Authority) under that Act and the regulations.The Cth Act prescribes various fees—for example, the fee to
accompany an application for registration of a motor vehicle. Section 3 (10)
of the Cth Act provides that a reference in that Act to a prescribed fee is a
reference to “in the case where the fee relates to the performance of a
function of a Regulatory Authority in respect of a State, not being the
Minister—the fee (if any) payable under a law of the State in respect of
the performance of that function, not being a fee that exceeds the maximum fee
specified in the regulations made under this Act in respect of the performance
of that function”.The Roads and Traffic Authority (the RTA) has been
nominated as a Regulatory Authority in an agreement under section 6 of the Cth
Act. Accordingly:(a) item [2] of the proposed amendments formally confers on the RTA
the power under New South Wales law to perform the functions of a Regulatory
Authority in accordance with the Cth Act, and
(b) item [3] enables the regulations to prescribe fees payable in
respect of the performance of that function, as contemplated by the Cth
Statute law revisionItem [1] of the proposed amendments corrects an incorrect citation
of an Act.Item [4] of the proposed amendments corrects a typographical
error.1.43 Valuation of Land Act
1916 No 2Section 37 Right of
appealOmit section 37 (1). Insert instead: (1) Any person entitled under Part 3 to object to a valuation may
objector).Explanatory
notePart 3 (Notices and objections) of the Valuation of Land Act 1916 (the Act) provides for the
making of objections to determinations of land values under the Act. Notices
of valuation are required to be given to owners of land, such lessees who are
liable to pay any rate or tax in respect of the land, and mortgagees in
possession. Each person who is given such a notice, and any public taxing or
rating authority, is entitled to object to the valuation (see sections 29 and
31 of the Act).Part 4 (Appeals to Land and Environment Court) provides a right of
appeal against the Valuer-General’s determination of an objection. Under
section 37 (1), “[an] owner of land” may make such an appeal if
dissatisfied with the Valuer-General’s determination of the
owner’s objection. Prior to the enactment of the Valuation of Land Amendment Act
2000, that right was conferred on “an objector”
and every person entitled under section 29 to receive notice of a valuation,
not merely on the owner.The proposed amendment repeals and re-enacts section 37 (1) so as
to reinstate the right of appeal to all persons on whom it was previously
conferred. The loss of that right has ramifications for the Land Tax Management Act 1956 also,
as that Act applies Parts 3 and 4 of the Act in respect of various
determinations of the Valuer-General under that Act.1.44 Waste Avoidance and
Resource Recovery Act 2001 No 58[1] Schedule 4 Savings, transitional and other
provisionsOmit “material” wherever occurring in clause 12 (2),
(3) and (4).Insert instead “materials”.[2] Schedule 4, clause 12 (3) (a)Omit “1 July 2004”. Insert instead “1 July
2006”.[3] Schedule 4, clause 12 (3A)Insert after clause 12 (3): (3A) Paragraph 5.1 of the used packaging materials IWRP is to be
construed as if it read as follows: This Plan comes into force on the commencement date and will
continue in force until 1 July 2006, or until a date appointed by proclamation
for the purposes of clause 12 of Schedule 4 to the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act
2001, whichever occurs first.[4] Schedule 4, clause 12 (4)Omit “subclause (3)”. Insert instead “subclauses
(3) and (3A)”.CommencementThe amendments to the Waste
Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001 commence, or are
taken to have commenced, on 1 July 2004.Explanatory
noteThe Used Packaging Materials Industry
Waste Reduction Plan (the IWRP) was made under
Part 4 of the Waste Minimisation and Management Act
1995 (the former
Act).On the repeal of the former Act by the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act
2001, clause 12 (3) of Schedule 4 (Savings, transitional and
other provisions) to the latter Act provided that the IWRP continues to have
effect until 1 July 2004 or a date appointed by proclamation for the purposes
of clause 12 (whichever first occurs). Clause 12 (4) provides that the
relevant provisions of the former Act (and related provisions of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
1997) continue to have effect, despite their repeal, with
respect to the IWRP while it continues to have effect under clause 12
(3).Item [2] of the proposed amendments extends the life of the IWRP
until 1 July 2006 (unless it is sooner terminated by proclamation), and item
[3] ensures that the IWRP itself is to be construed in the same way. Item [4]
makes a consequential amendment.Item [1] of the proposed amendments corrects incorrect citations
of the abbreviated form of the IWRP.1.45 Western Lands Act
1901 No 70Schedule 2 Applicable
provisions of the Crown Lands Act 1989Insert at the end of the provision numbered as 50A in Part
4: (2) Despite subsection (1), the consent of the lessee is not required
1992.Explanatory
noteSchedule 2 (previously Schedule B) to the Western Lands Act 1901 (the WL Act) applies certain
provisions of the Crown Lands Act
1989 (the CL
Act) to and in respect of land in the Western Division of the State.
One of those provisions is section 49 (3) of the CL Act, which provides for
the granting of licences for the removal of certain extractive material (such
as gravel and sand) from land.The Western Lands Amendment Act
2002 introduced a deemed section 50A in the CL Act for the
purposes of the WL Act. That section is to the effect that the Minister may
grant a licence for any purpose over land the subject of a lease
granted under the WL Act, but only with the consent of the lessee. However,
Schedule 2 continues to apply section 49 (3) for the purposes of the WL
Act.An unintended consequence of the introduction of section 50A is
that the consent of the lessee is now required in relation to a licence to
remove extractive material from the land, when that consent had not previously
been required. To overcome this unintended consequence, the proposed amendment
makes it clear that the lessee’s consent is not required in the case of
a licence to remove that material.Schedule 2 Amendments by way of statute law
revision(Section 3)2.1 Apiaries Act
1985 No 16Section 38 General
powers of inspectionRenumber paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) where secondly occurring in
section 38 (9) as paragraphs (d), (e) and (f),
noteThe proposed amendment corrects duplicate paragraph
numbering.2.2 Children’s Services Regulation
2004Clause 76 Information
and access to be denied to certain personsInsert “and” at the end of clause 76 (1)
(b).Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment inserts a missing
conjunction.2.3 Consumer, Trader and
Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 No 82Schedule 1 Divisions of the
TribunalOmit “section 42A of the Property, Stock and Business Agents Act
1941” from clause 1 (a) (i) and (b) wherever
occurring.Insert instead “section 36 of the Property, Stock and Business Agents Act
2002”.Explanatory
cross-reference.2.4 Contaminated Land
Management Act 1997 No 140[1] Section 58 EPA’s record of current declarations and
ordersOmit “section 52” from section 58 (1) (c). Insert
instead “section 53B”.[2] Section 59 Local authorities to be informedOmit “Section 52” from the Note to section 59
(1).Insert instead “Section 53B”.[3] Section 59 (1), NoteOmit “site audits for the purposes of statutory
requirements”.Insert instead “statutory site
audits”.CommencementThe amendments to the Contaminated Land Management Act
1997 are taken to have commenced on 1 February
noteThe proposed amendments are consequential on amendments made by
the Contaminated Land Management Amendment
Act 2003 and are taken to have commenced on the commencement
of that Act (1 February 2004).2.5 Contractors Debts Act
1997 No 110Section 14 Attachment
orderOmit “a money” from section 14 (1). Insert instead
“money”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment omits an unnecessary
word.2.6 Conveyancing (General) Regulation
2003Clause 51 Easements in
grossRenumber clause 51 (1) (n) and (o) where firstly occurring as
clause 51 (1) (m1) and (m2) respectively.Explanatory
numbering.2.7 Crimes Act 1900
No 40Section 431A Life
sentencesInsert “section” before “61JA” in section
431A (2).Explanatory
word.2.8 Crimes (Administration
of Sentences) Act 1999 No 93Section 236E
DefinitionsOmit “In this Part”. Insert instead “In this
Division”.CommencementThe amendment to the Crimes
(Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 commences, or is taken
to have commenced, on the commencement of section 236E of that Act as inserted
by Schedule 1 [14] to the Crimes
(Administration of Sentences) Further Amendment Act
noteThe proposed amendment corrects an incorrect
cross-reference.2.9 Duties Act
1997 No 123[1] Sections 101 (2) and 298 (1)Omit “a form approved by the Chief Commissioner”
wherever occurring.Insert instead “an approved
form”.[2] Schedule 1 Savings, transitional and other
provisionsOmit “State Revenue Legislation Further
Amendment Act (No 2) 2001” from clause
24.Insert instead “State
Revenue Legislation Further Amendment (No 2) Act
2001”.Explanatory
noteItem [1] of the proposed amendments updates
terminology.Item [2] of the proposed amendments corrects an incorrect citation
of an Act.2.10 Environmentally
Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985 No 14Schedule 1 Provisions relating
to the CommitteeOmit “officer of the Board of Fire Commissioners for the
time being nominated by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services”
from clause 2 (g).Insert instead “officer of New South Wales Fire Brigades for
the time being nominated by the Minister administering the Fire Brigades Act
noteThe proposed amendment updates a reference to the dissolved Board
of Fire Commissioners and a reference to a portfolio.2.11 Eurobodalla Urban Local Environmental Plan
1999Clause 73 What special
controls apply to development on archaeological sites that have Aboriginal or
non-Aboriginal heritage significance?Omit “Heritage Act
1997” from clause 73 (2) (c).Insert instead “Heritage
Act 1977”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment corrects an incorrect citation of an
Act.2.12 Evidence (Audio and
Audio Visual Links) Act 1998 No 105Section 5B Taking
evidence and submissions from outside courtroom or place where court is
sitting—proceedings generallyOmit “make direction” from section 5B
(2A).Insert instead “make a
direction”.Explanatory
word.2.13 Financial Transaction
Reports Act 1992 No 99Sections 6 (2) (b) and
7 (1) (b) and (7) (b)Omit “Drug Trafficking
(Civil Proceedings) Act 1990” wherever
occurring.Insert instead “Criminal
Assets Recovery Act 1990”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendments updates references to a renamed
Act.2.14 Food
Production (Dairy Food Safety Scheme) Regulation
1999Schedule 1 Dairy Food Safety
SchemeOmit “Safe Food’s” from clause 45H (1) (e)
(ii).Insert instead “the Food
Authority’s”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment updates terminology.2.15 Food
2000[1] Clause 9 Renewal of licenceOmit “Safe Food’s” from clause 9 (3) (b)
(ii).Insert instead “Food
Authority’s”.[2] Clause 13 Suspension or cancellation of
licenceOmit “Safe Food’s” from clause 13 (1) (e)
noteThe proposed amendments update terminology.2.16 Greater
Taree Local Environmental Plan 1995Clause 16 Subdivision
and development within Zone No 1 (c1) or 1 (c2)Renumber clause 16 (7) where secondly occurring as clause 16
(7A).Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment corrects duplicate subclause
numbering.2.17 Home Building Act
1989 No 147[1] Section 3 DefinitionsOmit the definitions of contractor
contractor licence, contractor
licence and endorsed
contractor contractor licence from section 3
(1).[2] Section 3 (1)Insert in alphabetical order: contractor licence means a contractor licence
referred to in section 4, 5 or 16A.endorsed contractor licence means a contractor
licence endorsed under this Act to show that it is the equivalent of a
supervisor certificate.[3] Sections 3 (1) (definitions of “nominated
supervisor” and “plumbing work”), 13 (1), 14 (1) (a), 15,
16, 24 (2), 28, 33 (a), 37, 53 (1) and (2), 83A (a) and 131 (b)Omit “endorsed contractor contractor licence” wherever
occurring.Insert instead “endorsed contractor
licence”.[4] Section 18K Form of contractsOmit “business consultancy” from section 18K
(6).Insert instead “building
consultancy”.Explanatory
noteItems [1]–[3] of the proposed amendments:(a) repeal and replace with a single definition two definitions that
purport to define the same term (“contractor licence”) for the
purposes of the Home Building Act
1989, and
(b) repeal and replace another definition containing duplicated words,
(c) omit duplicated wording in respect of the latter definition
elsewhere in the Home Building Act
Item [4] of the proposed amendments corrects a typographical
error.2.18 Lake
Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2004DictionaryOmit “Crimes Act 1990”
from paragraph (b) of the definition of restricted
premises.Insert instead “Crimes Act
1900”.Explanatory
Act.2.19 Local Courts (Civil
Claims) Act 1970 No 11Schedule 2 Savings and
transitional provisionsRenumber clause 1 where secondly, thirdly, fourthly, fifthly,
sixthly and seventhly occurring in Parts 5–10 as clauses 3–8
noteThe proposed amendment corrects duplicated clause
numbering.2.20 Local Government Act
1993 No 30Chapter 14 Honesty and
disclosure of interestsOmit the bullet point and matter relating to periodic returns in
the table following section 448 and headed “Disclosure of
Interests”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment omits matter relating to a repealed
Schedule.2.21 Lotteries and Art Unions Regulation
2002Clause 112M
DefinitionsOmit “In this part” from clause 112M (1). Insert
instead “In this Part”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment corrects a typographical
error.2.22 Mental Health Act
1990 No 9Section 84 Release of
persons after reviewOmit “Minister for Police and Emergency Services” from
section 84 (3).Insert instead “Minister for
Police”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment updates a reference to a renamed
portfolio.2.23 Mental Health
(Criminal Procedure) Act 1990 No 10Sections 18 (b) and 29
(3)Omit “Minister for Police and Emergency Services”
wherever occurring.Insert instead “Minister for
noteThe proposed amendment updates references to a renamed
portfolio.2.24 New South Wales Crime
Commission Act 1985 No 117[1] Section 6 Principal functions of the
CommissionOmit “Drug Trafficking
(Civil Proceedings) Act 1990” from section 6
(1A).Insert instead “Criminal
Assets Recovery Act 1990”.[2] Section 24 (1) (a) and Schedule 3, clause 3
(1)Omit “Minister for Police and Emergency Services”
Police”.[3] Schedule 3, clause 6Omit the clause.Explanatory
noteItem [1] of the proposed amendments updates a reference to a
renamed Act.Item [2] of the proposed amendments updates references to a
renamed portfolio.Item [3] of the proposed amendments repeals a spent
provision.2.25 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation
2001[1] Clause 287A Immediate suspensionOmit “assessor, or” from clause 287A (1) (b). Insert
instead “assessor.”[2] Schedule 3 Savings and transitional provisionsOmit “creylic formaldehyde resin” from clause 2
(c).Insert instead “cresylic formaldehyde
resin”.Explanatory
noteItem [1] of the proposed amendments omits a superfluous
word.Item [2] of the proposed amendments corrects a typographical
error.2.26 Passenger Transport
Act 1990 No 39Schedule 5 Transport safety
employees—alcohol or other drugsInsert “or 53C as the case requires” after
“section 9C” in the definition of transport safety
work in clause 1.Explanatory
cross-reference.2.27 Passenger Transport (Ferry Services) Regulation
2000[1] Clause 39 Penalty notice offencesOmit “Column 4” from section 39 (1) (b). Insert
instead “Column 2”.[2] Schedule 1 Penalty notice offencesOmit “(Clauses 39 and 40)”. Insert instead
“(Clause 39)”.[3] Schedule 1, Part 1Renumber Column 4 as Column 2.Explanatory
noteBefore the repeal of section 145B of the Justices Act 1902 (which authorised
the making of regulations prescribing short descriptions of offences), Columns
2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to the Passenger Transport (Ferry Services) Regulation
2000 contained short descriptions of offences under that Act
and related processing codes. Columns 2 and 3 no longer appear in that
Schedule.Schedule 1 [16] to the Passenger
Transport (Ferry Services) Amendment (Safety and Reliability) Regulation
2003 omitted clause 40 from the Passenger Transport (Ferry Services) Regulation
2000. Item [2] makes a consequential amendment.Item [3] of the proposed amendments renumbers Column 4 in
consequence of the omission of Columns 2 and 3. Item [1] makes a consequential
amendment.2.28 Passenger Transport (Taxi-cab Services) Regulation
2001Clause 52 Criteria to
be met by applicants for authorisation to operate taxi-cab networksOmit “areas of operations” from clause 52 (7) (a)
(ii).Insert instead “areas of
operation”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment updates terminology.2.29 Police Integrity
Commission Act 1996 No 28Sections 19 and
84Omit “Drug Trafficking
(Civil Proceedings) Act 1990” wherever occurring
(including where occurring in the heading to section 19 and in the Note to
section 84 (2)).Insert instead “Criminal
Act.2.30 Police Regulation
(Superannuation) Act 1906 No 28Section 2H Constitution
of CommitteeOmit “Minister for Police and Emergency Services” from
section 2H (3) (e).Insert instead “Minister administering the Police Act
1990”.Explanatory
portfolio.2.31 Public Authorities
Superannuation Act 1985 No 41Schedule 5 Repeal, savings and
transitional provisionsOmit “this Act” from clause 11 (2). Insert instead
noteThe proposed amendment is consequential on an amendment made to
clause 11 (1) of Schedule 5 to the Public
Authorities Superannuation Act 1985. That amendment extended
the power to make savings and transitional regulations in consequence of the
enactment of the Superannuation Legislation
Amendment (Family Law) Act 2003.2.32 Public Finance and Audit Regulation
2000Clause 17 Definitions
of “authority” and “officer of an
authority”Omit “, Resource NSW” from clause 17
(11).Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment is consequential on the dissolution of the
statutory body Resource NSW by clause 14 of Schedule 4 to the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act
2001.2.33 Public Sector Management (Goods and Services)
Regulation 2000[1] Schedule 1 Provisions relating to members of
BoardOmit “(Clause 10 (1))”. Insert instead “(Clause
44 (1))”.[2] Schedule 2 Provisions relating to procedure of
BoardOmit “(Clause 10 (2))”. Insert instead “(Clause
44 (2))”.Explanatory
noteItems [1] and [2] of the proposed amendments correct incorrect
cross-references.2.34 State
Miscellaneous Exempt and Complying DevelopmentClause 2
DefinitionsOmit “Division 2 of Part 4” from clause 2 (4) (c) and
(d) wherever occurring.Insert instead “Division 10 of Part
4”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment corrects incorrect
cross-references.2.35 State
Environmental Planning Policy No 29—Western Sydney Recreation
AreaClause 3
DefinitionsOmit “hyraulic” from paragraph (b) of the definition
utility undertaking.Insert instead “hydraulic”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment corrects a spelling
error.2.36 State
Environmental Planning Policy No 72—Linear Telecommunications
Development—BroadbandClause 12 Amendment of
master plansOmit “disatisfied” from clause 12 (5). Insert instead
“dissatisfied”.Explanatory
error.2.37 Strata Schemes
Management Act 1996 No 138Schedule 2 Meetings and
procedure of owners corporationOmit “In this Part” from clause 30. Insert instead
“In this Division”.Explanatory
cross-reference.2.38 Strata Schemes
Management Amendment Act 2004 No 9Schedule 1 Amendment of Strata Schemes Management Act
1996Omit “Property, Stock and Business
Agent’s Act 2002” from Schedule 1
[59].Insert instead “Property,
Stock and Business Agents Act
Act.2.39 Sydney
Regional Environmental Plan No 28—Parramatta[1] Clause 28 Special AreasOmit “seperation” from clause 28 (2) (i)
(xviii).Insert instead “separation”.[2] Clause 69 Development within foreshore building
lineRenumber clause 69 (6) (g) where secondly occurring as section 69
(6) (g1).Explanatory
noteItem [1] of the proposed amendments corrects a spelling
error.Item [2] of the proposed amendments corrects duplicate paragraph
numbering.2.40 Sydney Water Regulation
2000Clause 32 Investigation
of suspected contraventionsOmit “subclause (2)” from clause 32 (2). Insert
cross-reference.2.41 Totalizator Act
1997 No 45Section 43A Additional
conditions of TAB Limited licencesInsert “of the Totalizator
Agency Board Privatisation Act 1997” after
“section 37A (6)” in the definition of nominated in
section 43A (4).CommencementThe amendment to section 43A of the Totalizator Act 1997 commences, or
is taken to have commenced, on the commencement of section 43A of that Act as
inserted by Schedule 2 [6] to the Totalizator Legislation Amendment Act
noteThe proposed amendment completes an incomplete
cross-reference.2.42 Transport Administration (General) Regulation
2000[1] Clause 3 DefinitionsOmit “Chief Executive of the RailCorp” from paragraph
(c) of the definition of traffic control
officer.Insert instead “Chief Executive of
RailCorp”.[2] Clause 16 Penalty notice offencesOmit “Column 4” from clause 16 (1) (b). Insert instead
“Column 2”.[3] Schedule 1 Penalty notice offencesOmit “(Clauses 16 and 17)”. Insert instead
“(Clause 16)”.[4] Schedule 1, Parts 1 and 2Renumber Column 4 as Column 2 wherever
word.Before the repeal of section 145B of the Justices Act 1902 (which authorised
2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to the Transport Administration (General) Regulation
Schedule.Schedule 1 [10] to the Transport
Administration (General) Amendment (RailCorp) Regulation 2003
omitted clause 17 from the Transport Administration (General) Regulation
2000. Item [3] makes a consequential amendment.Item [4] renumbers Column 4 in consequence of the omission of
Columns 2 and 3. Item [2] makes a consequential
amendment.2.43 Veterinary Practice
Act 2003 No 87Section 51
Tribunal’s powers when complaint provedOmit “25,000” from section 51 (1) (d). Insert instead
“$25,000”.Explanatory
noteThe proposed amendment inserts a missing dollar sign in a
provision specifying the maximum amount of a particular
fine.2.44 Victims Support and
Rehabilitation Act 1996 No 115Section 68 Payments
into Compensation FundOmit “Drug Trafficking
(Civil Proceedings) Act 1990” from section 68
(b).Insert instead “Criminal
Act.2.45 Witness Protection Act
1995 No 87Section 3
DefinitionsInsert at the end of the section: (2) Notes in the text of this Act do not form part of this
noteThe proposed amendment inserts a standard provision in the Witness Protection Act 1995 to
clarify the status of Notes in that Act.Schedule 3 Repeals(Section 4)
Name of ActExtent of repealLocal Government
(Areas) Act 1948 No 30Divisions 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 13 of Part 3 and
sections 27 (1) and 32 (2)2New South Wales
Retirement Benefits Act 1972 No 70Section 512Coal Acquisition
Act 1981 No 109Section 5A2Marketing of
Primary Products Act 1983 No 176Section 1652Public
Authorities Superannuation Act 1985 No 41Clause 3A of Schedule
72Gas Industry
Restructuring Act 1986 No 213Section 722Workers
Compensation Act 1987 No 70Part 7A2Legal Profession
Act 1987 No 109Section 36 (6) and Schedule
2A2Federation of
New South Wales Police-Citizens Youth Clubs (Reconstitution) Act 1989
No 163Whole Act2Local Government
Act 1993 No 30Part 20 of Schedule
82Fisheries
Management Act 1994 No 38Section 221K2Energy Services
Corporations Act 1995 No 95Clause 14 of Schedule
52Gas Supply Act
1996 No 38Clauses 5 and 7 of Schedule
22Superannuation
Administration Act 1996 No 39Clause 25 of Schedule
32Fines Act
1996 No 99Clause 5A of Schedule
32Accommodation
Levy Act 1997 No 32Whole Act2Irrigation
Corporations Amendment Act 1998 No 125Whole Act1Consumer Claims
Act 1998 No 162Clauses 3, 4, 5, 5A and 6 of Schedule
12Intergovernmental
Agreement Implementation (GST) Act 2000 No 44Sections 6 and 72AGL Corporate
Conversion Act 2002 No 16Section 292Police Service
Amendment (NSW Police) Act 2002 No 51Whole Act1Road Transport
Legislation Amendment (Interlock Devices) Act 2002 No
72Whole Act1Legislation
Review Amendment Act 2002 No 77Whole Act1Guardianship
Amendment (Enduring Guardians) Act 2002 No 89Whole Act1Rail Safety Act
2002 No 96Clause 6 of Schedule
52State Revenue
Legislation Amendment Act 2002 No 108Whole Act1Summary Offences
Amendment (Spray Paint Cans) Act 2002 No 118Whole Act1Driving
Instructors Amendment Act 2002 No 127Whole Act1Defamation
Amendment Act 2002 No 136Whole Act1Crimes Legislation
Amendment (Property Identification) Act 2003 No
5Whole Act1Rural Lands
Protection Amendment Act 2003 No 6Whole Act1City of Sydney
Amendment (Electoral Rolls) Act 2003 No 7Whole Act1Local Government
Amendment (National Competition Policy Review) Act 2003 No
8Whole Act1Victims
Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No 10Whole Act1Gaming Machines
Amendment (Shutdown Periods) Act 2003 No 16Whole Act1Lotteries and Art
Unions Amendment Act 2003 No 19Whole Act1Bail Amendment
Act 2003 No 22Whole Act1Crimes
Legislation Amendment (Parole) Act 2003 No 25Whole Act1Commission for
Children and Young People Amendment (Child Death Review Team) Act 2003
No 26Whole Act1Crimes
Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No 27Whole Act1Local Government
Amendment (Employment Protection) Act 2003 No
30Whole Act1State Revenue
Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No 34Whole Act1Firearms
Amendment (Prohibited Pistols) Act 2003 No 36Whole Act1National Parks
and Wildlife Amendment (Telecommunications Facilities) Act 2003 No
37Whole Act1Valuation of Land
Amendment (Valuer-General) Act 2003 No 41Whole Act1Criminal
Procedure Amendment (Sexual Offence Evidence) Act 2003 No
42Whole Act1Drug Summit
Legislative Response Amendment (Trial Period Extension) Act 2003 No
47Whole Act1Industrial
Relations Amendment (Adoption Leave) Act 2003 No
48Whole Act1Community
Relations Commission and Principles of Multiculturalism Amendment Act
2003 No 50Whole Act1Education
Amendment (Computing Skills) Act 2003 No 51Whole Act1Health
Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No 52Whole Act1Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Penalties) Act 2003 No
54Whole Act1Sydney Water
Amendment (Water Restrictions) Act 2003 No 55Whole Act1Local Government
Amendment (Cudgegong (Abattoir) County Council Dissolution) Act 2003 No
56Whole Act1Evidence
Legislation Amendment (Accused Child Detainees) Act 2003 No
57Whole Act1Gaming Machines
Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2003 No 58Whole Act1Police
Association Employees (Superannuation) Amendment Act 2003 No
59Whole Act1Environmental
Planning and Assessment Amendment (Development Consents) Act 2003 No
60Whole Act1Industrial
Relations Amendment (Public Vehicles and Carriers) Act 2003 No
63Whole Act1Transport
Legislation Amendment (Safety and Reliability) Act 2003 No
65Whole Act1Coptic Orthodox
Church (NSW) Property Trust Amendment Act 2003 No
67Whole Act1Motor Accidents
Compensation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2003 No
68Whole Act1Sydney Water
Catchment Management Amendment Act 2003 No 70Whole Act1Courts
Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No 71Whole Act1Coroners
Amendment Act 2003 No 72Whole Act1Independent
Commission Against Corruption Amendment (Ethics Committee) Act 2003 No
73Whole Act1Police
Legislation Amendment (Civil Liability) Act 2003 No
74Whole Act1Evidence (Audio
and Audio Visual Links) Amendment Act 2003 No
76Whole Act1City
Tattersall’s Club Amendment Act 2003 No
78Whole Act1Duties Amendment
(Land Rich) Act 2003 No 79Whole Act1State Revenue
Legislation Further Amendment Act 2003 No 80Whole Act1Occupational
Health and Safety Amendment (Prosecutions) Act 2003 No
83Whole Act1Marketing of
Primary Products Amendment (Rice Marketing) Act 2003 No
86Whole Act1Contaminated Land
Management Amendment Act 2003 No 91Whole Act1Firearms and
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Public Safety) Act 2003 No
92Whole Act1Environmental
Planning and Assessment Amendment (Quality of Construction) Act 2003 No
95Whole Act3Workers
Compensation Legislation Amendment (Trainees) Act 2003 No
97Whole Act1Public Finance and
Audit (SOCOG and State Brickworks) Regulation
2004Whole Regulation1Key 1 indicates repeal of an Act or statutory rule that contains only
amendments or amendments and repeals2 indicates repeal of an Act or provision that is spent or no longer
of practical utility or that has expired or ceased to have
effect3 indicates repeal of an Act or provisions that include one or more
uncommenced provisions that are not to be commencedExplanatory noteThe repeals are explained in detail in the Explanatory note
that, when an Act or statutory rule is amended or repealed, no amendment made
by the Act or statutory rule is affected. Section 30 (2) also ensures that the
following matters are not affected:(a) the proof of any past act or thing,
operation of the Act or statutory rule,
(c) any amendment or validation made by the Act or statutory
in the Act or statutory rule.
provision means a provision of an Act that makes a direct amendment
to an Act by:(a) the repeal or omission of matter contained in the amended Act
correcting errors in technical provisions (for example, headings indicating
the section to be amended or directions as to where a new section is to be
inserted) and rectifying minor drafting errors (for example, corrections in
numbering of provisions, correction or insertion of cross-references, omission
of unnecessary matter or insertion of omitted matter), will commence on the
date the amendments to which they relate commenced.2 Effect of amendment or repeal on acts done or decisions
Act:(a) amends a provision of an Act or an instrument,
of an Act or an instrument,
will not, unless expressly provided, vitiate any act done or decision made
under the provision as in force before the amendment or
repeal.3 Application of Interpretation Act 1987 to
amendments to statutory rulesSections 39, 40 and 41 of the Interpretation Act 1987 do not apply
to any amendments to statutory rules made by this Act.Explanatory noteThis clause makes it clear that certain provisions concerning the
making, tabling and disallowance of statutory rules do not apply to amendments
to statutory rules made by the proposed Act.4 Effect of amendment on regulationsExcept where expressly provided to the contrary, any regulation
made under an Act amended by this Act, that is in force immediately before the
been made under the amended Act.5 Effect of amendment on environmental planning
instrumentsThe amendment of an environmental planning instrument by this Act
does not prevent its later amendment or repeal by another environmental
planning instrument.Explanatory noteThis clause ensures that the amendment of a local environmental
plan or other environmental planning instrument does not prevent its amendment
or repeal by an environmental planning instrument.6 Regulations(1) The Governor may make regulations containing provisions of a
sufficient, provision has been made in the Act.Notes Index of Acts and instruments amended by Schedules 1 and
2Anglican Clergy Provident Fund (Sydney) Act
1908—Schedule 1Apiaries Act 1985 No
16—Schedule 2Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act
2001 No 80—Schedule 1Associations Incorporation Act
1984 No 143—Schedule 1Building and Construction Industry Long
Service Payments Act 1986 No 19—Schedule 1Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine
and Cell Biology Act 1985 No 192—Schedule 1Children’s
Services Regulation 2004—Schedule 2Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal
Act 2001 No 82—Schedule 2Contaminated Land Management Act
1997 No 140—Schedule 2Contractors Debts Act 1997 No
110—Schedule 2Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003
No 3—Schedule 1Conveyancing
(General) Regulation 2003—Schedule 2Country Women’s Association of
New South Wales Incorporation Act 1931—Schedule 1Crimes Act 1900 No
40—Schedule 2Crimes (Administration of Sentences)
Act 1999 No 93—Schedule 2Crimes (Administration of Sentences)
Amendment Act 2002 No 36—Schedule 1Criminal Appeal Act 1912 No
16—Schedule 1Dental Practice Act 2001 No
64—Schedule 1Duties Act 1997 No
123—Schedule 2Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act
1985 No 14—Schedule 2Eurobodalla Urban Local
Environmental Plan 1999—Schedule 2Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual
Links) Act 1998 No 105—Schedule 2Financial Transaction Reports Act
1992 No 99—Schedule 2Food Production
(Dairy Food Safety Scheme) Regulation 1999—Schedule
2Food Production (Meat
Food Safety Scheme) Regulation 2000—Schedule 2Forestry Act 1916 No
55—Schedule 1Gaming Machine Tax Act 2001 No
72—Schedule 1Geographical Names Act 1966 No
13—Schedule 1Greater Taree Local
Environmental Plan 1995—Schedule 2Home Building Act 1989 No
147—Schedule 2Lake Macquarie Local
Environmental Plan 2004—Schedule 2Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act
1970 No 11—Schedule 2Local Government Act 1993 No
30—Schedule 2Lotteries and Art
Unions Regulation 2002—Schedule 2Mental Health Act 1990 No
9—Schedule 2Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act
1990 No 10—Schedule 2National Environment Protection Council
(New South Wales) Act 1995 No 4—Schedule 1New South Wales Crime Commission Act
1985 No 117—Schedule 2Occupational Health
and Safety Regulation 2001—Schedule 2Ombudsman Act 1974 No
68—Schedule 1Optometrists Act 2002 No
30—Schedule 1Parliamentary Electorates and Elections
Act 1912 No 41—Schedule 1Passenger Transport Act 1990 No
39—Schedule 2Passenger Transport
(Ferry Services) Regulation 2000—Schedule 2Passenger Transport
(Taxi-cab Services) Regulation 2001—Schedule 2Plantations and Reafforestation Act
1999 No 97—Schedule 1Police Integrity Commission Act
1996 No 28—Schedule 2Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act
1906 No 28—Schedule 2Property, Stock and Business Agents Act
2002 No 66—Schedule 1Protection of the Environment
Operations Act 1997 No 156—Schedule 1Protection of the
Environment Operations (General) Regulation
1998—Schedule 1Public Authorities Superannuation Act
1985 No 41—Schedule 2Public Finance and
Audit Regulation 2000—Schedule 2Public Reserves Management Fund Act
1987 No 179—Schedule 1Public Sector
Management (Goods and Services) Regulation 2000—Schedule
2Radiation Control Act 1990 No
13—Schedule 1Radiation Control
Regulation 2003—Schedule 1Real Property Act 1900 No
25—Schedule 1Registered Clubs Act 1976 No
31—Schedule 1Road and Rail Transport (Dangerous
Goods) Act 1997 No 113—Schedule 1Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act
1998 No 99—Schedule 1Road Transport (General) Act
1999 No 18—Schedule 1Road Transport (Heavy Vehicles
Registration Charges) Act 1995 No 72—Schedule 1Road Transport (Mass,
Loading and Access) Regulation 1996—Schedule 1Road Transport (Safety and Traffic
Management) Act 1999 No 20—Schedule 1Road Transport
(Safety and Traffic Management) (Driver Fatigue) Regulation
1999—Schedule 1Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)
Act 1997 No 119—Schedule 1Road Transport
(Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1998—Schedule 1Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust
Act 1980 No 19—Schedule 1Rural Fires Act 1997 No
65—Schedule 1Rural Lands Protection Act
1998 No 143—Schedule 1Shops and Industries Act 1962 No
43—Schedule 1State Environmental
Planning Policy No 4—Development Without Consent and Miscellaneous
Exempt and Complying Development—Schedule 2State Environmental
Planning Policy No 29—Western Sydney Recreation
Area—Schedule 2State Environmental
Planning Policy No 72—Linear Telecommunications
Development—Broadband—Schedule 2Strata Schemes Management Act
1996 No 138—Schedule 2Strata Schemes Management Amendment Act
2004 No 9—Schedule 2Subordinate Legislation Act
1989 No 146—Schedule 1Sydney Regional
Environmental Plan No 28—Parramatta—Schedule
2Sydney Water Catchment Management Act
1998 No 171—Schedule 1Sydney Water
Regulation 2000—Schedule 2Totalizator Act 1997 No
45—Schedule 2Transport Administration Act
1988 No 109—Schedule 1Transport
Administration (General) Regulation 2000—Schedule
2Valuation of Land Act 1916 No
2—Schedule 1Veterinary Practice Act 2003 No
87—Schedule 2Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act
1996 No 115—Schedule 2Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery
Act 2001 No 58—Schedule 1Western Lands Act 1901 No
70—Schedule 1Witness Protection Act 1995 No
87—Schedule 2Index of Acts wholly repealed by Schedule 3Accommodation Levy Act
1997 No 32Bail Amendment Act 2003 No
22City of Sydney Amendment (Electoral
Rolls) Act 2003 No 7City Tattersall’s Club Amendment
Act 2003 No 78Commission for Children and Young
People Amendment (Child Death Review Team) Act 2003 No
26Community Relations Commission and
Principles of Multiculturalism Amendment Act 2003 No 50Contaminated Land Management Amendment
Act 2003 No 91Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property
Trust Amendment Act 2003 No 67Coroners Amendment Act 2003 No
72Courts Legislation Amendment Act
2003 No 71Crimes Legislation Amendment Act
2003 No 27Crimes Legislation Amendment (Parole)
Act 2003 No 25Crimes Legislation Amendment (Property
Identification) Act 2003 No 5Criminal Procedure Amendment (Sexual
Offence Evidence) Act 2003 No 42Defamation Amendment Act 2002
No 136Driving Instructors Amendment Act
2002 No 127Drug Summit Legislative Response
Amendment (Trial Period Extension) Act 2003 No 47Duties Amendment (Land Rich) Act
2003 No 79Education Amendment (Computing Skills)
Act 2003 No 51Environmental Planning and Assessment
Amendment (Development Consents) Act 2003 No 60Environmental Planning and Assessment
Amendment (Quality of Construction) Act 2003 No 95Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links)
Amendment Act 2003 No 76Evidence Legislation Amendment (Accused
Child Detainees) Act 2003 No 57Federation of New South Wales
Police-Citizens Youth Clubs (Reconstitution) Act 1989 No
163Firearms Amendment (Prohibited Pistols)
Act 2003 No 36Firearms and Crimes Legislation
Amendment (Public Safety) Act 2003 No 92Gaming Machines Amendment
(Miscellaneous) Act 2003 No 58Gaming Machines Amendment (Shutdown
Periods) Act 2003 No 16Guardianship Amendment (Enduring
Guardians) Act 2002 No 89Health Legislation Amendment Act
2003 No 52Independent Commission Against
Corruption Amendment (Ethics Committee) Act 2003 No 73Industrial Relations Amendment
(Adoption Leave) Act 2003 No 48Industrial Relations Amendment (Public
Vehicles and Carriers) Act 2003 No 63Irrigation Corporations Amendment Act
1998 No 125Legislation Review Amendment Act
2002 No 77Local Government Amendment (Cudgegong
(Abattoir) County Council Dissolution) Act 2003 No 56Local Government Amendment (Employment
Protection) Act 2003 No 30Local Government Amendment (National
Competition Policy Review) Act 2003 No 8Lotteries and Art Unions Amendment Act
2003 No 19Marketing of Primary Products Amendment
(Rice Marketing) Act 2003 No 86Motor Accidents Compensation Amendment
(Terrorism) Act 2003 No 68National Parks and Wildlife Amendment
(Telecommunications Facilities) Act 2003 No 37Occupational Health and Safety
Amendment (Prosecutions) Act 2003 No 83Police Association Employees
(Superannuation) Amendment Act 2003 No 59Police Legislation Amendment (Civil
Liability) Act 2003 No 74Police Service Amendment (NSW Police)
Act 2002 No 51Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Amendment (Penalties) Act 2003 No 54Road Transport Legislation Amendment
(Interlock Devices) Act 2002 No 72Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act
2003 No 6State Revenue Legislation Amendment
Act 2002 No 108State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act
2003 No 34State Revenue Legislation Further
Amendment Act 2003 No 80Summary Offences Amendment (Spray
Paint Cans) Act 2002 No 118Sydney Water Amendment (Water
Restrictions) Act 2003 No 55Sydney Water Catchment Management
Amendment Act 2003 No 70Transport Legislation Amendment (Safety
and Reliability) Act 2003 No 65Valuation of Land Amendment
(Valuer-General) Act 2003 No 41Victims Legislation Amendment Act
2003 No 10Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment (Trainees) Act 2003 No
97Historical notesThe following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
Provisions) Act 2004 No 55. Second reading speech made:
Legislative Assembly, 2.6.2004; Legislative Council, 24.6.2004. Assented to
6.7.2004. Date of commencement, Schs 1 and 2 excepted, assent, sec 2 (1); date
of commencement of Schs 1 and 2 (except Schs 1.3, 1.7, 1.10, 1.11 [1] and [2],
1.16, 1.18, 1.23 [1]–[7] and [9], 1.24, 1.37, 1.38 [2], 1.44, 2.4, 2.8
and 2.41), assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 1.3, 10.9.2004, Sch
1.3 and GG No 143 of 10.9.2004, p 7446; date of commencement of Sch 1.7,
10.9.2004, Sch 1.7 and GG No 143 of 10.9.2004, p 7446;
date of commencement of Sch 1.10, 15.8.2004, Sch 1.10 and GG No 134 of
13.8.2004, p 6449; date of commencement of
Sch 1.11 [1] and [2], 1.12.2005, Sch 1.11 and GG No 140 of 18.11.2005, p 9404; date of commencement of Sch 1.16, 16.6.2004, Sch 1.16 and
GG No 97 of 16.6.2004, p 3723; date of commencement of Sch 1.18, 1.12.2005,
Sch 1.18 and GG No 140 of 18.11.2005, p 9404; date of commencement of Sch 1.23
[1]–[4] [7] and [9], 1.7.2004, Sch 1.23; date of commencement of Sch
1.23 [5] and [6], 1.7.2004, Sch 1.23 and GG No 104 of 25.6.2004, p 4385; date
of commencement of Sch 1.24, 1.7.2004, Sch 1.24; date of commencement of Sch
1.37, 1.12.2005, Sch 1.37 and GG No 140 of 18.11.2005, p 9404; date of
commencement of Sch 1.38 [2], 1.12.2005, Sch 1.38 and GG No 140 of 18.11.2005,
p 9404; date of commencement of Sch 1.44, 1.7.2004, Sch 1.44; date of
commencement of Sch 2.4, 1.2.2004, Sch 2.4; date of commencement of Sch 2.8,
2.8.2004, Sch 2.8 and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6112; date of commencement of
Sch 2.41, 11.6.2004, Sch 2.41 and GG No 95 of 11.6.2004, p