This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.

Overview of Bill

The objects of this Bill are:

(a) to make minor amendments to various Acts (Schedule 1), and

(b) to amend certain other Acts and instruments for the purpose of effecting
statute law revision (Schedules 2 and 3), and

(c) to repeal certain Acts and provisions of Acts (Schedule 4), and

(d) to make other provisions of a consequential or ancillary nature (Schedule 5).

Outline of provisions

Clause 1 sets out the name (also called the short title) of the proposed Act.

Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act.

Clauses 3 and 5 are machinery provisions that give effect to the Schedules to the
proposed Act containing amendments and savings, transitional and other provisions.

Clause 4 gives effect to the Schedule of repeals.

Clause 6 makes it clear that the explanatory notes contained in the Schedules do not
form part of the proposed Act.

Clause 7 provides for the repeal of the proposed Act after all the amendments made
by the proposed Act have commenced. Once the amendments have commenced, the
proposed Act will be spent and section 30 of the Interpretation Act 1987 provides
that the repeal of an amending Act does not affect the amendments made by that Act.

Schedule 1 Minor amendments
Schedule 1 makes amendments to the following Acts:

Australian Museum Trust Act 1975 No 95
Children (Interstate Transfer of Offenders) Act 1988 No 85
Commercial Agents and Private Inquiry Agents Act 2004 No 70
Commission for Children and Young People Amendment Act 2005 No 108
Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 No 140
Conveyancing Act 1919 No 6
Co-operatives Act 1992 No 18
Criminal Procedure Act 1986 No 209
Crown Lands Act 1989 No 6
Film and Television Office Act 1988 No 18
Fisheries Management Act 1994 No 38
Food Act 2003 No 43
Funeral Funds Act 1979 No 106
Growth Centres (Development Corporations) Act 1974 No 49
Historic Houses Act 1980 No 94
Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1948 No 25
Landlord and Tenant (Rental Bonds) Act 1977 No 44
Library Act 1939 No 40
Mine Safety (Cost Recovery) Act 2005 No 116
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Act 1945 No 31
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 No 80
Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991 No 84
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156
Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 No 43
Real Property Act 1900 No 25
Residential Tenancies Act 1987 No 26
Royal Commissions Act 1923 No 29
Security Industry Act 1997 No 157
Security Industry Amendment Act 2005 No 63
Special Commissions of Inquiry Act 1983 No 90
State Records Act 1998 No 17
Sydney Opera House Trust Act 1961 No 9
Sydney Water Act 1994 No 88
Western Lands Act 1901 No 70
The amendments to each Act are explained in detail in the explanatory note relating
to the Act concerned set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 2 Amendments by way of statute law revision
Schedule 2 amends certain Acts and instruments for the purpose of effecting statute
law revision.

The amendments to each Act and instrument are explained in detail in the
explanatory note relating to the Act or instrument concerned set out in Schedule 2.

Schedule 3 Amendments consequential on the
enactment of the Legal Profession Act
2004 No 112
Schedule 3 amends certain Acts for the purpose of effecting statute law revision,
consequent on the enactment of the Legal Profession Act 2004.

The nature of the amendments contained in Schedule 3 is explained in detail in the
explanatory note at the beginning of the Schedule.

Schedule 4 Repeals
Schedule 4 repeals a number of Acts and provisions of Acts.

The Schedule repeals amending Acts that contain no substantive provisions
that need to be retained. It also repeals certain provisions that merely effect
amendments to other legislation. The Acts or instruments that were
amended by the Acts or provisions being repealed are available electronically at
www.legislation.nsw.gov.au.

The Schedule also repeals Acts that are no longer of practical utility.

Schedule 5 General savings, transitional and other provisions
Schedule 5 contains savings, transitional and other provisions of a more general
effect than those set out in Schedule 1.

The purpose of each provision is explained in detail in the explanatory note relating
to the provision concerned set out in the Schedule.

Note: If this Bill is not modified, these Explanatory Notes would reflect the Bill as passed in the House. If the Bill has been amended by Committee, these Explanatory Notes may not necessarily reflect the Bill as passed.

 

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