Western Australian Consolidated Acts

STATUTORY CORPORATIONS (LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS) ACT 1996 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ⁵. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year		Assent		Commencement
Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996	41 of 1996		10 Oct 1996		s. 1 and 2: 10 Oct 1996; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 12 Nov 1996 p. 6301)
Country Housing Act 1998 s. 48	4 of 1998		14 Apr 1998		1 Jul 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1998 p. 3557)
Western Australian Treasury Corporation Amendment Act 1998 s. 27	25 of 1998		30 Jun 1998		10 Nov 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 10 Nov 1998 p. 6149)
WADC and WA Exim Corporation Repeal Act 1998 s. 8	30 of 1998		30 Jun 1998		30 Jun 1998 (see s. 2)
Western Australian Meat Industry Authority Amendment Act 1998 s. 12	46 of 1998		19 Nov 1998		19 Nov 1998 (see s. 2)
Port Authorities (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999 s. 21 (Sch. 1-8)	5 of 1999		13 Apr 1999		Sch. 1, 3-8: 14 Aug 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 13 Aug 1999 p. 3823); Sch. 2: 1 Jan 2000 (see s. 2(9) and Gazette 24 Dec 1999 p. 6871)
Marketing of Meat Amendment Act 1999 s. 19	8 of 1999		13 Apr 1999		13 Aug 1999 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 13 Aug 1999 p. 3823)
Midland Redevelopment Act 1999 s. 76	38 of 1999		11 Nov 1999		1 Jan 2000 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 1999 p. 7059)
Reprint of the Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 as at 8 Sep 2000 (includes amendments listed above)
Forest Products Act 2000 s. 72	34 of 2000		10 Oct 2000		16 Nov 2000 (see s. 2 and Gazette 15 Nov 2000 p. 6275)
State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 65	43 of 2000		2 Nov 2000		17 Feb 2001 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 16 Feb 2001 p. 903)
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 s. 220	10 of 2001		28 Jun 2001		15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3257 and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)
Reprint of the Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 as at 10 Aug 2001 (includes amendments listed above)
Armadale Redevelopment Act 2001 s. 69	25 of 2001		26 Nov 2001		23 Mar 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Mar 2002 p. 1651)
Grain Marketing Act 2002 s. 47	30 of 2002		25 Oct 2002		31 Oct 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Oct 2002 p. 5351)
Public Transport Authority Act 2003 s. 208	31 of 2003		26 May 2003		1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2384)
Racing and Gambling Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 24 and 52	35 of 2003		26 Jun 2003		s. 24: 1 Aug 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Jul 2003 p. 3259); s. 52: 30 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jan 2004 p. 397)
Reprint 3: The Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 as at 7 Nov 2003 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Racing and Gambling Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 52)
Criminal Code Amendment Act 2004 s. 58	4 of 2004		23 Apr 2004		21 May 2004 (see s. 2)
Marketing of Eggs Amendment Act 2004 s. 9	20 of 2004		26 Aug 2004		2 Jul 2005 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 28 Jun 2005 p. 2895)
Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) (Act Amendment) Regulations 2004 published in Gazette 26 Nov 2004 p. 5314-15					1 Dec 2004 (see r. 2 and Gazette 30 Nov 2004 p. 5515)
Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 3 Div. 6	28 of 2006		26 Jun 2006		1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)
Land Information Authority Act 2006 s. 188	60 of 2006		16 Nov 2006		1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369)
Reprint 4: The Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 as at 9 Feb 2007 (includes amendments listed above)
Chemistry Centre (WA) Act 2007 s. 43	10 of 2007		29 Jun 2007		1 Aug 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jul 2007 p. 3735)
Eastern Goldfields Transport Board Repeal Act 2008 s. 14	28 of 2008		1 Jul 2008		29 Jul 2008
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 121	8 of 2009		21 May 2009		22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4	19 of 2010		28 Jun 2010		11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)
Reprint 5: The Statutory Corporations (Liability of Directors) Act 1996 as at 4 Nov 2011 (includes amendments listed above)
Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Act 2011 s. 143		45 of 2011		12 Oct 2011		31 Dec 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 30 Dec 2011 p. 5573)

² The Insurance Commission of Western Australia Act 1986 Part III provides for the establishment of the State Government Insurance Corporation and for a board of directors of the Corporation. The Acts Amendment (ICWA) Act 1996 s. 20, which had not come into operation at the date on which this reprint was prepared, would repeal that Part.

³ Formerly referred to the State Government Insurance Commission Act 1986 the short title of which was changed to the Insurance Commission of Western Australia Act 1986 by the Acts Amendment (ICWA) Act 1996 s. 5. The reference was substituted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(3)(gb).

⁴ Repealed by the Meat Industry Legislation (Amendment and Repeal) Act 1993.

⁵ The amendment in the State Superannuation Amendment Act 2007 s. 87 is not included because it was repealed by the State Superannuation Amendment Act 2011 s. 4 before the amendment purported to come into operation.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
corporation 4, 7(1)
director 4, 7(1)
governing body 16(1)
responsible Minister 15(2), 16(1)