Co-operatives National Law (Queensland)
sec.15Modifications to applied provisions
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sec.15 Modifications to applied provisions
This section applies in relation to any provisions of the Corporations legislation (the applied provisions ) that are the subject of— a declaration under this Law, as referred to in section 13 ; or a declaration under the National Regulations, as referred to in section 14 . For the purposes of sections 13 and 14 , the following modifications apply— a reference in the applied provisions to a corporation, company or public company is to be read as a reference to a co-operative; a reference in the applied provisions to ASIC is to be read as a reference to the Registrar; a reference in the applied provisions to the court is to be read as a reference to the Supreme Court; a reference in the applied provisions to the Commonwealth is to be read as a reference to this jurisdiction; a reference in the applied provisions to articles or memorandum of association or constitution or replaceable rules is to be read as a reference to rules; a reference in the applied provisions to the Gazette is to be read as a reference to the Government Gazette of this jurisdiction; a reference in the applied provisions to “prescribed” is to be read as a reference to “approved by the designated authority”, and (without limitation) a reference to a prescribed form is to be read as a reference to an approved form within the meaning of this Law; a reference in the applied provisions to a special resolution is to be read as a reference to a special resolution referred to in section 239 of this Law; a cross-reference in the applied provisions to another provision of the Corporations Act is, if that cross-reference is not appropriate (because, for example, the provision cross-referred to is not among the applied provisions), to be read as a cross-reference to the equivalent provision of this Law; a reference in the applied provisions (including section 311 of the Corporations Act ) to a “contravention of this Act” is to be read as including a reference to a contravention of this Law; a reference in the applied provisions to the regulations is to be read as a reference to the National Regulations or local regulations, as the case requires; all notes in the applied provisions are to be ignored; any of the applied provisions that are not relevant to co-operatives or that are incapable of application to co-operatives or participating co-operatives are to be ignored. Subsection (2) does not apply to the extent to which this Law or the National Regulations provide otherwise, whether expressly or by implication. (sec.15-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to any provisions of the Corporations legislation (the applied provisions ) that are the subject of— a declaration under this Law, as referred to in section 13 ; or a declaration under the National Regulations, as referred to in section 14 . (sec.15-ssec.2) For the purposes of sections 13 and 14 , the following modifications apply— a reference in the applied provisions to a corporation, company or public company is to be read as a reference to a co-operative; a reference in the applied provisions to ASIC is to be read as a reference to the Registrar; a reference in the applied provisions to the court is to be read as a reference to the Supreme Court; a reference in the applied provisions to the Commonwealth is to be read as a reference to this jurisdiction; a reference in the applied provisions to articles or memorandum of association or constitution or replaceable rules is to be read as a reference to rules; a reference in the applied provisions to the Gazette is to be read as a reference to the Government Gazette of this jurisdiction; a reference in the applied provisions to “prescribed” is to be read as a reference to “approved by the designated authority”, and (without limitation) a reference to a prescribed form is to be read as a reference to an approved form within the meaning of this Law; a reference in the applied provisions to a special resolution is to be read as a reference to a special resolution referred to in section 239 of this Law; a cross-reference in the applied provisions to another provision of the Corporations Act is, if that cross-reference is not appropriate (because, for example, the provision cross-referred to is not among the applied provisions), to be read as a cross-reference to the equivalent provision of this Law; a reference in the applied provisions (including section 311 of the Corporations Act ) to a “contravention of this Act” is to be read as including a reference to a contravention of this Law; a reference in the applied provisions to the regulations is to be read as a reference to the National Regulations or local regulations, as the case requires; all notes in the applied provisions are to be ignored; any of the applied provisions that are not relevant to co-operatives or that are incapable of application to co-operatives or participating co-operatives are to be ignored. (sec.15-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the extent to which this Law or the National Regulations provide otherwise, whether expressly or by implication.