1Purposes

1 Purposes

The purposes of this Act are—

(a) to provide for the application of a national law relating to the formation, registration and operation of co-operatives; and

(b) to repeal the Co-operatives Act 1996 and to make related amendments to other Acts.

This Act comes into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed.

(1) In this Act—

Co-operatives National Law (Victoria) means the provisions applying in relation to this jurisdiction because of section 4(1);

Co-operatives National Regulations means the Co-operative National Regulations made under the Co-operatives National Law;

Co-operatives National Regulations (Victoria) means the provisions applying in relation to this jurisdiction because of section 4(2);

local regulations means the regulations made under section 28 or 29;

Registrar means the Registrar of Co-operatives referred to in section 21;

this jurisdiction means the State of Victoria.

(2) Terms used in this Act and also in the Co‑operatives National Law have the same meanings in this Act as they have in that Law.