Corporations (Tasmania) Act 1990

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

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 Tasmania – to be a reference to the Corporations Law, or to the Corporations Regulations, of Tasmania; and to include a separate reference to the Corporations Law, or to the Corporations Regulations, of each jurisdiction other than Tasmania.

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

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.

In this section, instrument means – an Act or an instrument made under an Act; or a law of Tasmania or an instrument made under such a law; or an award or other industrial determination or order, or an industrial agreement; or any other order (whether executive, judicial or otherwise); or a notice, certificate or licence; or an agreement; or an application made, information laid, affidavit sworn, or warrant issued, for any purpose; or an indictment, presentment, summons or writ; or any other pleading in, or process issued in connection with, a legal or other proceeding; or any other document whatever.