Australian Capital Territory

companies (commonwealth brickworks (canberra) limited) act 1979
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Reprinted as at 30 November 1993
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
	1.	Short title
	2.	Incorporation with Companies Ordinance
	3.	Interpretation
	4.	Resolution may be passed and registered
SCHEDULE
Resolution

An Act to make provision for altering the memorandum of association of Commonwealth Brickworks (Canberra) Limited in certain respects
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Companies (Commonwealth Brickworks (Canberra) Limited) Act 1979.1
Incorporation with Companies Ordinance
2.  This Act is incorporated and shall be read as one with the Companies Ordinance 1962.

Interpretation
3.  (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, “the Company” means Commonwealth Brickworks (Canberra) Limited, a company incorporated in the Territory.
 (2)  In this Act, a reference—
	(a)	to the memorandum of association of the Company; or
	(b)	to the articles of association of the Company,
shall be read as a reference to the memorandum of association or to the articles of association, as the case may be, registered in respect of the Company by virtue of the operation of the Companies Ordinance 1954 and the Companies Ordinance 1962.
Resolution may be passed and registered
4.  (1)  A meeting of the Company is hereby empowered to pass a resolution in the form set out in the Schedule.
(2)  The resolution referred to in subsection (1)—
	(a)	does not require submission and approval in accordance with clause 8 of the memorandum of association of the Company; and
	(b)	need not be a special resolution within the meaning of section 144 of the Companies Ordinance 1962.
(3)  The Company shall lodge with the Registrar—
	(a)	a notice of the resolution referred to in subsection (1);
	(b)	a copy of the resolution; and
	(c)	a printed copy of the memorandum of association of the Company as altered but without any renumbering of the clauses.
(4)  Notwithstanding anything contained in the Companies Ordinance 1962 or in the memorandum or articles of association of the Company, the Registrar shall register the resolution lodged with him under subsection (3) and on registration the alteration of the memorandum of association of the Company shall take effect.
(5)  The Registrar shall certify on the copy of the memorandum lodged under subsection (3) that the memorandum of association has been altered in accordance with the powers conferred by this Act and the certificate of the Registrar is conclusive evidence that all the requirements of this Act with respect to the alteration have been complied with.
(6)  Notice of the registration effected under subsection (4) shall be published in such manner as the Registrar directs.

	SCHEDULE	Section 4
Resolution
That in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Companies (Commonwealth Brickworks (Canberra) Limited) Act 1979 the memorandum of association of the company be altered by omitting clauses 5, 6, 7 and 8.

NOTE
1.	Act. No. 22, 1979; notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 August 1979; commenced on 9 August 1979.
	Citation of Laws—The Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989 (No. 21, 1989) altered the citation of most Ordinances so that after Self-Government day they are to be cited as Acts.  That Act also affects references in ACT laws to Commonwealth Acts.