30Application of Companies (Tasmania) Code to financial years ending before commencement of this Act

30 Application of Companies (Tasmania) Code to financial years ending before commencement of this Act

(1)  The provisions of Division 2 of Part VI of the Companies (Tasmania) Code (other than sections 267 , 268 , 273 , and 275 ) apply in relation to a company, being a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1962 or a corresponding previous enactment, and to the directors of such a company, in relation to a financial year or financial years of the company that ended before the commencement of this Act and so apply as if –

(a) a requirement in any of those provisions (other than section 274 ) that an act or thing be done not less than 14 days before an annual general meeting of a company or, if no annual general meeting is held within the period within which it is required by section 240 to be held, not less than 14 days before the end of that period were a requirement that that act or thing be done within the period of 5 months (or, in the case of an exempt proprietary company, the period of 6 months) after the commencement of this Act;

(b) a reference in those provisions to the last financial year of a company were a reference to each financial year of the company that ended before the commencement of this Act;

(c) the reference in section274 (1) to each annual general meeting of the company were a reference to the annual general meeting at which accounts or group accounts are required by subsection (2) of this section to be laid before the company;

(d) a reference in those provisions to accounts or group accounts required by section 275 to be laid before a company at its annual general meeting were a reference to accounts or group accounts, as the case may be, required by subsection (2) of this section to be laid before a company at an annual general meeting; and