Coal Industry Act 2001
1AValidation relating to commencement of Act
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1A Validation relating to commencement of Act
1A Validation relating to commencement of Act
(1) To avoid doubt, past acts are as valid, and are taken always to have been as valid, as they would have been if the Coal Industry Repeal Act 2001 of the Commonwealth had commenced on 1 January 2002.
(2) Subclause (1) is enacted in accordance with the express intention of the Parliament of the Commonwealth (set out in section 6 (6) of the Coal Industry Repeal (Validation of Proclamation) Act 2002 of the Commonwealth) that a law of New South Wales may make provision in terms of that subclause.
(3) Subclause (1) has effect to the extent to which it is not in excess of the legislative power of the Parliament of New South Wales.
(4) In this section—
past act means an act or thing that was done on the assumption that the Coal Industry Repeal Act 2001 of the Commonwealth had commenced on 1 January 2002.