Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (154 of 2020)

Schedule 1   Amendments of Territory Acts

Part 1   Applied laws, delegations and other matters

Division 1   Amendments

Christmas Island Act 1958

18   After section 8G

Insert:

8GA Applied Western Australian laws - effect of directions or delegations

Scope

(1) This section applies if:

(a) the Minister directs, under paragraph 8G(3)(a), that all the powers of a person or authority (the first mentioned person or authority ) under an applied Western Australian law are vested in another person or authority; or

(b) the Minister delegates to a person or authority, under paragraph 8G(3)(b), all the powers of a person or authority (also the first mentioned person or authority ) under an applied Western Australian law; or

(c) a person or authority delegates to another person or authority, under subsection 8G(5), all of the powers of a person or authority (also the first mentioned person or authority ) under an applied Western Australian law.

Addition of powers

(2) If:

(a) the applied Western Australian law is amended to give the first mentioned person or authority one or more additional powers under the law; and

(b) the direction or delegation is in force immediately before the amendment takes effect;

then, on and after the amendment taking effect, the direction or delegation is taken to include the additional powers.

Alteration of powers

(3) If:

(a) the applied Western Australian law is amended to alter the scope of one or more of the powers of the first mentioned person or authority under the law; and

(b) the direction or delegation is in force immediately before the amendment takes effect;

then, on and after the amendment taking effect, the direction or delegation is taken to include the powers as altered.

Amendments of applied Western Australian laws

(4) An applied Western Australian law is amended if:

(a) the law is amended by an Ordinance; or

(b) the corresponding Western Australian law is amended.