13References to Corporations Law and Corporations Regulations

13 References to Corporations Law and Corporations Regulations

13 References to Corporations Law and Corporations Regulations

(1) The object of this section is to help ensure that the Corporations Law of New South Wales operates, so far as possible, as if that Law, together with the Corporations Law of each jurisdiction other than New South Wales, constituted a single national Corporations Law applying of its own force throughout Australia.

(2) Subject to this section, a reference in an instrument to the Corporations Law, or to the Corporations Regulations, is to be taken, for the purposes of the laws of New South Wales—

(a) to be a reference to the Corporations Law, or to the Corporations Regulations, of New South Wales, and

(b) to include a separate reference to the Corporations Law, or to the Corporations Regulations, of each jurisdiction other than New South Wales.

(3) Subsection (2) has effect except so far as the contrary intention appears in the instrument, or the context of the reference otherwise requires.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3), subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a reference expressed as a reference to the Corporations Law, or to the Corporations Regulations, of a jurisdiction.

(5) In this section—

instrument means—

(a) an Act or an instrument made under an Act, or

(b) a law of New South Wales or an instrument made under such a law, or

(c) an award or other industrial determination or order, or an industrial agreement, or

(d) any other order (whether executive, judicial or otherwise), or

(e) a notice, certificate or licence, or

(f) an agreement, or

(g) an application made, information laid, affidavit sworn, or warrant issued, for any purpose, or