Regional Development Commissions Amendment Act 2001

Regional Development Commissions Amendment Act 2001

No. 18 of 2001

An Act to amend the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993.

[Assented to 18 September 2001]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Regional Development Commissions Amendment Act 2001.

2.Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3.The Act amended

The amendments in this Act are to the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993*.

[*Reprinted as at 26 November 1999.]

4.Section 3 amended

(1)Section 3 is amended by inserting before “In” the subsection designation “(1)”.

(2)At the end of section 3 the following subsections are inserted —

(2)In this Act, subject to subsection (3) —

Minister means the Minister to whom the administration of this Act is for the time being committed by the Governor.

(3)In Parts 3 and 5 and Schedule 2 —

Minister, in relation to a commission, means the Minister to whom the administration of that commission is for the time being committed by the Governor.

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5.Section 32 amended

(1)Section 32 is amended by inserting before “The” the subsection designation “(1)”.

(2)At the end of section 32 the following subsection is inserted —

(2)The provisions mentioned in subsection (1) apply in respect of a commission and its operations as if the term Minister used in those provisions had the meaning given by section 3(3) of this Act.

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