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Companies Ordinances Repeal Ordinance 2006 (ACT)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This is a housekeeping law that cleans up old corporate legislation from the ACT statute books.

What it does: It formally removes (repeals) four outdated ordinances about companies and corporate regulation:

The Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board Ordinance 1982 – which set up a disciplinary body for company auditors and liquidators
The Companies (Registered Societies) Ordinance 1990 – which dealt with societies operating as companies
The Corporate Affairs Commission Ordinance 1980 – which established the corporate regulator
The Ordinances Revision (Companies Amendments) Ordinance 1982 – a technical amendment law

Why it matters: Company regulation is now handled by Commonwealth (federal) legislation that applies nationwide, including the ACT. These old ACT-specific ordinances are redundant. This law tidies up the statute books by formally scrapping them, ensuring there's no confusion about which laws still apply.

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Companies Ordinances Repeal Ordinance 2006

Ordinance 2006 No. 1

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under subsection 12 (1) of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 15 February 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

JAMES ERIC LLOYD

Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

An Ordinance to repeal a number of companies Ordinances

1 Name of Ordinance

This Ordinance is the Companies Ordinances Repeal Ordinance 2006.

2 Commencement

This Ordinance commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Repeal

The following Ordinances are repealed:

 Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board Ordinance 1982

 Companies (Registered Societies) Ordinance 1990

 Corporate Affairs Commission Ordinance 1980

 Ordinances Revision (Companies Amendments) Ordinance 1982.

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1 Companies Ordinances Repeal Ordinance 2006 (ACT)