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Western Australia Public Notaries Amendment Bill 2005 CONTENTS 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 2 3. The Act amended 2 4. Section 3 amended 2 5. Section 6 amended 2 6. Section 7A inserted 2 7. Section 10 amended 3 008--1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Public Notaries Amendment Bill 2005 A Bill for An Act to amend the Public Notaries Act 1979. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: 1. Short title This is the Public Notaries Amendment Act 2005. page 1 Public Notaries Amendment Bill 2005 s. 2 2. Commencement This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation. 3. The Act amended The amendments in this Act are to the Public Notaries 5 Act 1979*. [* Reprint 1 as at 5 September 2003. For subsequent amendments see Western Australian Legislation Information Tables for 2004, Table 1, p. 364 and Act No. 59 of 2004.] 10 4. Section 3 amended Section 3 is amended by deleting the definitions of "section" and "subsection". 5. Section 6 amended Section 6(4) is amended by deleting "Fremantle or Perth 15 district" and inserting instead -- " metropolitan region (within the meaning of section 6 of the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959) 20 ". 6. Section 7A inserted After section 7 the following section is inserted -- " 7A. Chief Justice may obtain report about applicant 25 from Legal Practice Board (1) In this section -- "Board" means the Legal Practice Board established under section 6 of the Legal Practice Act 2003. page 2 Public Notaries Amendment Bill 2005 s. 7 (2) The Chief Justice may request the Board to report to him or her on any question about which the Chief Justice is required to be satisfied under section 7 in relation to an application made under that section. 5 (3) On a request made under subsection (2), the Board shall report to the Chief Justice on each question specified in the request. (4) For the purposes of reporting to the Chief Justice on a question the Board -- 10 (a) may, but is not required to, hold an inquiry into the question; and (b) may consult any body of notaries in the State. (5) Section 41 of the Legal Practice Act 2003 applies to any inquiry held under subsection (4)(a) as if the 15 inquiry were held under Part 5 of that Act. ". 7. Section 10 amended (1) Section 10(1) is repealed. (2) Section 10(4) is repealed. 20
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