Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If —
(a)
before the commencement of this section, a Commonwealth court gave or
recorded an ineffective judgment ("the new judgment") on the basis that an
earlier ineffective judgment ("the earlier judgment” ) was or might be
of no effect; and
(b)
the new judgment replaced the earlier judgment,
section 6 has no
effect in respect of the earlier judgment.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1)(b), the new judgment replaced the earlier judgment if
the new judgment —
(a)
purportedly conferred or imposed rights or liabilities similar to or different
from those purportedly conferred or imposed by the earlier judgment; or
(b)
purportedly affected rights or liabilities in a way similar to or different
from the way in which they were purportedly affected by the earlier judgment.