New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAND AND PROPERTY INFORMATION NSW (AUTHORISED TRANSACTION) ACT 2016 - SECT 9

9 Establishment of transaction companies

(1) The Treasurer may for the purposes of the authorised transaction establish, or direct the establishment of, companies as transaction companies in any of the following ways:

(a) the formation or acquisition by or on behalf of the State of a company limited by shares, so that all the issued shares in the company are held by or on behalf of the State,

(b) the formation or acquisition of a company as a wholly owned subsidiary company of a transaction company.

(2) A transaction company that is a public sector agency may be converted from one kind of company to any other kind of company.

(3) Except by express agreement with the Treasurer:

(a) a transaction company is not and does not represent the State, and

(b) the debts, liabilities and obligations of a transaction company are not guaranteed by the State.

(4) The Treasurer may act for or on behalf of the State or a transaction company that is a public sector agency in connection with the rights, privileges and benefits, and the duties, liabilities and obligations, of the State or a transaction company as the holder of shares or other securities in or issued by a transaction company.

(5) Shares and other securities in or issued by a transaction company that is a public sector agency may be issued or transferred in accordance with the directions of the Treasurer. The Treasurer may, on behalf of the State or a transaction company that is a public sector agency, enter into and carry out transaction arrangements for the issue or transfer of shares and other securities in or issued by a transaction company.