Metro Tasmania (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997

by omitting "Enterprises and Local Government Bodies" (firstly occurring) and substituting "Enterprises, Local Government Bodies, statutory authorities and State-owned companies";

by omitting "Government Agencies, Government Business Enterprises and Local Government Bodies" (lastly occurring) and substituting "Agencies, Enterprises, Bodies, authorities and companies".

Section 3 is amended as follows:

by inserting "(1)" before "In";

by inserting "or statutory authority" in the definition of "Agency" after "Enterprise";

by omitting "Agency" from paragraph (b) of the definition of "community service obligation" and substituting "Agency, statutory authority, State-owned company";

by omitting the definition of "dividend" and substituting the following definition:

by omitting paragraph (b) from the definition of "monopoly provider" and substituting the following paragraph:

a prescribed body which provides a monopoly service;

by omitting "an Agency which is" from paragraph (a) of the definition of "Portfolio Act";

by omitting "or Agency" from paragraph (a) of the definition of "Portfolio Act" and substituting "or statutory authority";

by omitting paragraph (b) from the definition of "Portfolio Minister" and substituting the following paragraphs:

in respect of a statutory authority or Government Business Enterprise constituted or continued by or under an Act or part of an Act, means the Minister to whom the administration of that Act or part is assigned; and

in respect of a statutory authority or Government Business Enterprise not established, constituted or continued by or under an Act or part of an Act, means the Minister to whom the administration of the statutory authority or Government Business Enterprise is assigned; and

by omitting "1993;" from paragraph (c) of the definition of "Portfolio Minister" and substituting "Portfolio Minister1993; and";

by inserting the following paragraph in the definition of "Portfolio Minister" after paragraph (c):

in respect of a State-owned company, means the Minister to whom the administration of the Act requiring or authorising the formation of the company is assigned;

by inserting the following definition after the definition of "Portfolio Minister":

an Agency; and

a Government Business Enterprise; and

a statutory authority; and

a State-owned company; and

a Local Government Body;

by inserting the following definition after the definition of "State charge":

Section 3 is further amended by inserting the following subsection:

For the purposes of the definition of "State-owned company" in subsection (1), the provisions of the Corporations Law relating to control are taken to apply as if the Crown, Government Business Enterprise or statutory authority, as the case may be, were a corporation under that Law.

by omitting paragraph (b) from subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

a Government Business Enterprise, statutory authority or State-owned company if the Minister and Portfolio Minister approve in writing;

by omitting "Body." from subsection (2)(d) and substituting "Body;";

by inserting the following paragraphs in subsection (2) after paragraph (d):

a statutory authority;

a State-owned company.