2003
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Attorney-General)
Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

Contents
	Page
Part 1	Preliminary
	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Commencement	2
Part 2	Cooperatives Act 2002
	3	Act amended—pt 2	3
	4	Transfer of engagements by direction of registrar
Section 305 (2) (a)	3
	5	Winding-up on registrar’s certificate
Section 315 (1)	3
	6	Appointment of administrator
Section 325 (4)	3
	7	New section 338A	4
Part 3	Fair Trading Act 1992
	8	Act amended—pt 3	6
	9	New section 51AA	6
Part 4	Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs) Act 1973
	10	Act amended—pt 4	7
	11	Consumer product safety standards
New section 25 (3) and (4)	7
	12	Section 42	8
	13	Regulation-making power
Section 43	9
	14	New section 43 (2)	9
Part 5	Leases (Commercial and Retail) Act 2001
	15	Act amended—pt 5	10
	16	Jurisdiction
Section 144 (3)	10
Part 6	Legal Practitioners Act 1970
	17	Act amended—pt 6	11
	18	Unclaimed moneys
Section 200 (1)	11
Part 7	Second-hand Dealers Act 1906
	19	Act amended—pt 7	12
	20	Issue of licences
New section 3 (1) (ba)	12
	21	Section 3 (1)	12
	22	Dealers must be licensed
New section 4 (3) to (6)	12
	23	Name of dealer etc to be displayed on premises
Section 5	13
Part 8	Second-hand Dealers Regulations 2002
	24	Regulations amended—pt 8	14
	25	Exempt entities—Act, s 4 (2)
Regulation 5A (1)	14
	26	New regulation 5B	14
	27	Dictionary, definition of exempt entity	14
Part 9	Trade Measurement (Administration) Act 1991
	28	Act amended—pt 9	15
	29	Penalty notices
Section 13	15

2003
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Attorney-General)
Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

A Bill for
An Act to amend the law relating to justice and community safety, and for other purposes

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Part 1	Preliminary
1	Name of Act
This Act is the Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2003.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

Part 2	Cooperatives Act 2002
3	Act amended—pt 2
This part amends the Cooperatives Act 2002.
4	Transfer of engagements by direction of registrar
Section 305 (2) (a)
omit
section 338
substitute
section 338A
5	Winding-up on registrar’s certificate
Section 315 (1)
omit
section 338
substitute
section 338A
6	Appointment of administrator
Section 325 (4)
omit
section 338
substitute
section 338A
7	New section 338A
in division 12.7, insert
338A	Grounds for winding-up, transfer of engagements, appointment of administrator
	(1)	This section applies to the following actions:
	(a)	a direction by the registrar to a cooperative to transfer its engagements under section 305;
	(b)	the appointment of an administrator of a cooperative under division 12.5;
	(c)	the winding-up of a cooperative on a certificate of the registrar under section 315.
	(2)	The necessary grounds for the taking of action to which this section applies exist if the registrar certifies—
	(a)	that the number of members is reduced to less than the minimum number of people allowed, as mentioned in section 69; or
	(b)	that the cooperative has not begun business within 1 year of registration or has suspended business for longer than 6 months; or
	(c)	that the registration of the cooperative has been obtained by mistake or fraud; or
	(d)	that the cooperative exists for an illegal purpose; or
	(e)	that the cooperative has intentionally, and after notice from the registrar, breached a provision of this Act or the rules of the cooperative; or
	(f)	that the board of the cooperative has, after notice from the registrar, failed to ensure that the rules of the cooperative contain active membership provisions in accordance with part 6; or
	(g)	that there are, and have been for 1 month immediately before the date of the registrar’s certificate, insufficient directors of the cooperative to form a quorum as provided under the rules of the cooperative; or
	(h)	following an inquiry under the provisions of this Act into the affairs of a cooperative or the working and financial condition of a cooperative, that in the interests of members or creditors of the cooperative or the public the action should be taken.
	(3)	Alternatively, the necessary grounds for the winding-up of a cooperative on a certificate of the registrar exist if the registrar certifies—
	(a)	that the period (if any) fixed under the cooperative’s rules for its duration has ended; or
	(b)	that a winding-up event stated in the certificate has happened.
	(4)	In this section:
winding-up event means an event on the happening of which the regulations or the cooperative’s rules provide that the cooperative must be wound up.

Part 3	Fair Trading Act 1992
8	Act amended—pt 3
This part amends the Fair Trading Act 1992.
9	New section 51AA
after section 51, insert
51AA	Power of Magistrates Court for pt 4
The power of the Magistrates Court to make an order (including the power to grant an injunction) under this part includes the power to—
	(a)	make preliminary and procedural orders and give interlocutory directions; and
	(b)	make orders to enforce relief, redress or a remedy.

Part 4	Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs) Act 1973
10	Act amended—pt 4
This part amends the Fair Trading (Consumer Affairs) Act 1973.
11	Consumer product safety standards
New section 25 (3) and (4)
insert
	(3)	A consumer product safety standard may apply, adopt or incorporate a law of another jurisdiction or an instrument, or a provision of a law of another jurisdiction or an instrument, as in force from time to time.
Note 1	The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated law or instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act 2001, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).
Note 2	A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
	(4)	In this section:
law of another jurisdiction—see the Legislation Act, section 47 (10).
12	Section 42
substitute
41A	Public warning statements
	(1)	The Minister or the commissioner may make or issue a public statement identifying and giving warnings or information about any of the following: 
	(a)	goods that the Minister or commissioner reasonably considers are unsatisfactory or dangerous and people who supply the goods;
	(b)	services that the Minister or commissioner reasonably considers are supplied in an unsatisfactory way and people who supply the services;
	(c)	commercial practices that the Minister or commissioner reasonably considers are unfair and people who engage in the practices;
	(d)	anything else that the Minister or commissioner reasonably considers adversely affects or may adversely affect the interests of people in relation to the acquisition by them of goods or services from suppliers.
	(2)	The statement may identify particular goods, services, business practices and people.
	(3)	The Minister or the commissioner may make or issue a statement under this section only if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.
42	Immunity from liability for certain statements
	(1)	The Territory, the Minister, a member of an advisory committee or the product safety advisory committee, the commissioner, an investigator or a person acting under the direction or control of the commissioner is not civilly liable for a statement, notice or report made or issued honestly by a person in the exercise of functions under this Act.
	(2)	This section does not deprive a person of any defence the person might have relied on apart from this section.
	(3)	To remove any doubt, a statement, notice or report made or issued by the Minister, an advisory committee, the product safety advisory committee or the commissioner for the information of the public is a public document for the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002, section 61 (Publication of public document) and the Defamation (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2001, section 31.
13	Regulation-making power
Section 43
omit
The Executive
substitute
	(1)	The Executive
14	New section 43 (2)
insert
	(2)	The regulations may create offences for contraventions of the regulations and fix maximum penalties of not more than 20 penalty units for offences against the regulations.

Part 5	Leases (Commercial and Retail) Act 2001
15	Act amended—pt 5
This part amends the Leases (Commercial and Retail) Act 2001.
16	Jurisdiction
Section 144 (3)
substitute
	(3)	The Magistrates Court may, when acting within the jurisdiction given under this Act—
	(a)	exercise any power that could be exercised by the court under the Magistrates Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Act 1982 as if the court had this jurisdiction under that Act; and
	(b)	exercise any other power necessary or convenient for the exercise of this jurisdiction, including the power to—
	(i)	make preliminary and procedural orders and give interlocutory directions; and
	(ii)	make orders to enforce relief, redress or a remedy.

Part 6	Legal Practitioners Act 1970
17	Act amended—pt 6
This part amends the Legal Practitioners Act 1970.
18	Unclaimed moneys
Section 200 (1)
omit
chief executive
substitute
public trustee

Part 7	Second-hand Dealers Act 1906
19	Act amended—pt 7
This part amends the Second-hand Dealers Act 1906.
20	Issue of licences
New section 3 (1) (ba)
insert
	(ba)	the person would not contravene a Territory law or Commonwealth law if the person carried on business as a second-hand dealer while licensed; and
21	Section 3 (1)
renumber paragraphs when Act next republished under Legislation Act
22	Dealers must be licensed
New section 4 (3) to (6)
insert
	(3)	The commissioner may, in writing, exempt a named entity from subsection (1) if satisfied that it is appropriate to do so because—
	(a)	the entity carries on business as a second-hand dealer infrequently or irregularly; and
	(b)	exempting the entity would not undermine the purposes of this Act.
	(4)	Before exempting an entity, the commissioner must consult with the chief police officer.
	(5)	The power to exempt a named entity under this section does not include the power to exempt a class of entities.
	(6)	An exemption under subsection (3) is a notifiable instrument.
Note	A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
23	Name of dealer etc to be displayed on premises
Section 5
omit
at least 10cm high
substitute
not smaller than the height prescribed under the regulations

Part 8	Second-hand Dealers Regulations 2002
24	Regulations amended—pt 8
This part amends the Second-hand Dealers Regulations 2002.
25	Exempt entities—Act, s 4 (2)
Regulation 5A (1)
insert
Note	In these regulations, exempt entity includes an entity exempted by the commissioner under the Act, s 4 (3) (see dict).
26	New regulation 5B
5B	Requirement for displayed lettering—Act, s 5
The height is 5cm.
27	Dictionary, definition of exempt entity
substitute
exempt entity means an entity—
	(a)	exempted under regulation 5A; or
	(b)	exempted by the commissioner under the Act, section 4 (3).

Part 9	Trade Measurement (Administration) Act 1991
28	Act amended—pt 9
This part amends the Trade Measurement (Administration) Act 1991.
29	Penalty notices
Section 13
omit

Endnotes
Republications of amended laws
1	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.
Penalty units
2	The Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units.

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