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Queensland
CORPORATIONS
(QUEENSLAND)
AMENDMENT BILL 1995
Queensland
CORPORATIONS (QUEENSLAND)
AMENDMENT BILL 1995
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 40 (Operation of Division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 41 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Insertion of new s 42B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
42B Jurisdiction of lower courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 43 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 44A (Transfer of proceedings by Family Court
and State Family Courts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 Insertion of new s 44AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
44AA Transfer of proceedings in lower courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 44B (Further matters for a court to consider
when deciding whether to transfer a proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s 44C (Transfer may be made at any stage) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 44D (Transfer of documents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
13 Amendment of s 45 (Conduct of proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14 Amendment of s 46 (Courts to act in aid of each other) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
15 Amendment of s 47 (Exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to
cross-vesting provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
16 Amendment of s 50 (Enforcement of judgments etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
17 Amendment of s 51 (Rules of the Supreme Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
18 Amendment of s 60 (Interpretation of some expressions in the
ASC Law, and the ASC Regulations, of Queensland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2
Corporations (Queensland) Amendment
19 Replacement of s 75 (Application of Commonwealth Evidence Act) . . . . 10
75 Application of Commonwealth Evidence Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
20 Amendment of s 91 (Conferral of functions and powers in relation
to cooperative scheme laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
21 Insertion of new Div 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Division 6--Application and saving provisions relating to
amendments to this Act
96A Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
96B Application of jurisdiction amendments--general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
96C Effect of decision that court did not have jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . 11
96D Effect of absence of decision that court did not have jurisdiction . . 12
1995
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Corporations (Queensland) Act 1990
s1 4 s5
Corporations (Queensland) Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Corporations (Queensland) Amendment 3
Act 1995. 4
5
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6
amended 7
Act
Clause 3. This Act amends the Corporations (Queensland) Act 1990. 8
of s 40 (Operation of Division) 9
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 40(1)(a), `matters other than criminal matters ("civil" 10
matters)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`civil matters'. 13
of s 41 (Interpretation) 14
Amendment
Clause 5. Section 41(1)-- 15
insert-- 16
` "civil matter" means a matter other than a criminal matter. 17
"Corporations Law" has the extended meaning given by subsection (2). 18
"lower court" means a court of a State or Territory that is not a superior 19
court. 20
"superior court" means the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Court 21
of a State or Territory, the Family Court or a State Family Court. 22
s6 5 s8
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"superior court matter" means a civil matter the Corporations Law clearly 1
intends (for example, by use of "the Court") to be dealt with only by 2
a superior court.'. 3
of new s 42B 4
Insertion
Clause 6. After section 42A-- 5
insert-- 6
of lower courts 7
`Jurisdiction
`42B.(1) Subject to the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 8
1977 (Cwlth), section 9 as it applies as a law of Queensland, jurisdiction is 9
conferred on the lower courts of Queensland and of each other State and the 10
Capital Territory with respect to civil matters, other than superior court 11
matters, arising under the Corporations Law of Queensland. 12
`(2) The jurisdiction conferred on a lower court by subsection (1)-- 13
(a) is subject to the court's general jurisdictional limits, so far as they 14
relate to the amounts, or the value of property, with which the 15
court may deal; but 16
(b) is not subject to the court's other jurisdictional limits.'. 17
of s 43 (Appeals) 18
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 43(4)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(4) An appeal may not be instituted from a decision of a court (not being 21
a State Family Court) of another State to the Federal Court, to the Family 22
Court, to a State Family Court of that State or to a court of a different State 23
or of the Capital Territory.'. 24
of s 44A (Transfer of proceedings by Family Court and 25
Amendment
State Family Courts) 26
Clause 8.(1) Section 44A(2), `the Supreme Court'-- 27
s9 6 s9
Corporations (Queensland) Amendment
omit, insert-- 1
`another court'. 2
(2) Section 44A(2), `that Supreme Court'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`the other court'. 5
of new s 44AA 6
Insertion
Clause 9. After section 44A-- 7
insert-- 8
of proceedings in lower courts 9
`Transfer
`44AA.(1) This section applies to a proceeding with respect to a civil 10
matter arising under the Corporations Law of Queensland in a lower court 11
(the "first court") having jurisdiction under section 42B. 12
`(2) If it appears to the first court that, having regard to the interests of 13
justice, it is more appropriate for the proceeding, or an application in the 14
proceeding, to be determined by another court (the "second court") having 15
jurisdiction in the matters for determination in the proceeding or application, 16
the first court may take action under whichever of subsections (3) and (4) 17
applies. 18
`(3) If the second court is also a lower court, the first court may transfer 19
the proceeding or application to the second court. 20
`(4) If the second court is a superior court, the first court may transfer the 21
proceeding or application to the relevant Supreme Court and recommend 22
that the proceeding or application be transferred by the Supreme Court to 23
the second court. 24
`(5) The relevant Supreme Court is not bound to comply with a 25
recommendation under subsection (4) and it may instead decide-- 26
(a) to deal with the proceeding or application itself; or 27
(b) to transfer the proceeding or application to another court (which 28
could be the first court). 29
s 10 7 s 13
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`(6) Nothing in this section allows the relevant Supreme Court to transfer 1
the proceeding or application to another court otherwise than under 2
section 44 and the other requirements of this Division. 3
`(7) In this section-- 4
"relevant Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of the State or 5
Territory of which the first court is a court.'. 6
of s 44B (Further matters for a court to consider when 7
Amendment
deciding whether to transfer a proceeding) 8
Clause 10.(1) Section 44B, `or 44A'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`, 44A or 44AA'. 11
(2) Section 44B-- 12
insert-- 13
`(c) the other courts that have jurisdiction to deal with the proceeding 14
or application.'. 15
of s 44C (Transfer may be made at any stage) 16
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 44C, `or 44A'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`, 44A or 44AA'. 19
of s 44D (Transfer of documents) 20
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 44D, `or 44A'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`, 44A or 44AA'. 23
of s 45 (Conduct of proceedings) 24
Amendment
Clause 13.(1) Section 45(3), definition "relevant jurisdiction", paragraph (c), 25
`the Supreme Court'-- 26
s 14 8 s 16
Corporations (Queensland) Amendment
omit, insert-- 1
`a court'. 2
(2) Section 45(3), definition "relevant jurisdiction", paragraph (d), `the 3
Supreme Court of another State or the Capital Territory, or a State Family 4
Court,'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`a court of another State or the Capital Territory'. 7
of s 46 (Courts to act in aid of each other) 8
Amendment
Clause 14. Section 46-- 9
omit-- 10
`, the Judges of those courts'. 11
of s 47 (Exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to cross-vesting 12
Amendment
provisions) 13
Clause 15.(1) Section 47, `The Supreme Court'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`A court'. 16
(2) Section 47, `that Court'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`it'. 19
of s 50 (Enforcement of judgments etc.) 20
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Section 50(1), `the Supreme Court'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`a court'. 23
(2) Section 50(1), `that Court'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`that court'. 26
s 17 9 s 18
Corporations (Queensland) Amendment
(3) Section 50(2)(a), `or a State Family Court'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`, a State Family Court or a particular lower court of Queensland or of 3
another State or of the Capital Territory'. 4
(4) Section 50(2), `or that State Family Court'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`, that State Family Court or that lower court'. 7
of s 51 (Rules of the Supreme Court) 8
Amendment
Clause 17.(1) Section 51-- 9
insert-- 10
`(1A) When a lower court of Queensland is exercising jurisdiction with 11
respect to matters arising under the Corporations Law of Queensland, the 12
court must apply the rules of court made under subsection (1), with all 13
necessary changes.'. 14
(2) Section 51(2) and (3), `the Supreme Court'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`a court'. 17
(3) Section 51(2) and (3), `that Court'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`that court'. 20
of s 60 (Interpretation of some expressions in the ASC 21
Amendment
Law, and the ASC Regulations, of Queensland) 22
Clause 18. Section 60(1), definition "officer", paragraph (c)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(c) an administrator of the body or an administrator of a deed of 25
company arrangement executed by the body; and'. 26
s 19 10 s 21
Corporations (Queensland) Amendment
of s 75 (Application of Commonwealth Evidence Act) 1
Replacement
Clause 19. Section 75-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
of Commonwealth Evidence Act 4
`Application
`75.(1) For the purposes of the ASC Law of Queensland, Part 3 the 5
following provisions of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cwlth) apply as a law of 6
Queensland-- 7
· Part 2.2 (Documents) 8
· section 69 (Exception: business records) 9
· section 70 (Exception: contents of tags, labels and writing) 10
· section 71 (Exception: telecommunications) 11
· section 147 (Documents produced by processes, machines and 12
other devices in the course of business) 13
· Part 4.6, Division 2 (Proof of certain matters by affidavits or 14
written statements). 15
`(2) Those provisions of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cwlth) apply to an 16
examination in the same way as they apply to a proceeding to which that 17
Act applies under section 4 of that Act.'. 18
of s 91 (Conferral of functions and powers in relation to 19
Amendment
cooperative scheme laws) 20
Clause 20. Section 91(1)(b), `as if the offence'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`in relation to offences against the laws of the Commonwealth as if the 23
offence against the cooperative scheme law'. 24
of new Div 6 25
Insertion
Clause 21. Part 13-- 26
s 21 11 s 21
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insert-- 1
`Division 6--Application and saving provisions relating to amendments 2
to this Act 3
4
`Interpretation
`96A. In this Division-- 5
"Court" means the Federal Court or the Supreme Court of a State or 6
Territory. 7
"jurisdiction amendments" means the amendments made by the 8
Corporations (Queensland) Amendment Act 1995, sections 4 to 17. 9
"jurisdiction commencement" means the commencement of the 10
jurisdiction amendments. 11
of jurisdiction amendments--general 12
`Application
`96B. The jurisdiction amendments apply to proceedings commenced, or 13
recommenced, after the jurisdiction commencement, whether the cause of 14
action arose before or after that commencement. 15
of decision that court did not have jurisdiction 16
`Effect
`96C.(1) This section applies if-- 17
(a) before the jurisdiction commencement, proceedings in respect of 18
a civil matter under the Corporations Law of Queensland were 19
commenced in a court (the "first court" ) other than the Court; 20
and 21
(b) the first court, or another court on appeal from a decision of the 22
first court, decided before the jurisdiction commencement that the 23
first court did not have jurisdiction in respect of the matter; and 24
(c) the decision that the first court did not have jurisdiction still stands 25
at the jurisdiction commencement; and 26
(d) the first court would have had jurisdiction in respect of the matter 27
if the jurisdiction amendments had commenced before the cause 28
of action arose. 29
s 21 12 s 21
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`(2) The validity of the decision that the first court did not have 1
jurisdiction is not affected by the jurisdiction amendments. 2
`(3) The decision does not affect a recommencement of the proceedings 3
after the jurisdiction commencement. 4
of absence of decision that court did not have jurisdiction 5
`Effect
`96D.(1) This section applies if-- 6
(a) before the jurisdiction commencement, proceedings in respect of 7
a civil matter under the Corporations Law of Queensland were 8
commenced in a court (the "first court" ) other than the Court; 9
and 10
(b) either-- 11
(i) no court expressly decided, before the jurisdiction 12
commencement, whether the first court had jurisdiction in 13
respect of the matter; or 14
(ii) a decision of the first court, or of another court on appeal 15
from a decision of the first court, that the first court had 16
jurisdiction in respect of the matter still stands at the 17
jurisdiction commencement. 18
`(2) For the purposes of consideration by a court, after the jurisdiction 19
commencement, of whether the first court had jurisdiction in respect of the 20
matter, the first court is taken to have had jurisdiction in respect of the 21
matter if it would have had that jurisdiction if the jurisdiction amendments 22
had commenced before the cause of action arose.'. 23
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© State of Queensland 1995
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